Huang Kuo-shu

Huang Kuo-shu
MLY
黃國書
Huang in May 2016
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Assumed office
16 February 2015
Preceded by Lin Chia-lung
Constituency Taichung 6
Member of the Taichung City Council
In office
1 March 1998 – 16 February 2015
Personal details
Born (1964-01-03) 3 January 1964
Nantou County, Taiwan
Nationality Taiwanese
Political party Democratic Progressive Party
Alma mater Taipei National University of the Arts
National Chung Hsing University
Occupation politician

Huang Kuo-shu (Chinese: 黃國書; born 3 January 1964) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education

Huang attended National Taichung First Senior High School and Taipei National University of the Arts before earning a master's degree from National Chung Hsing University.[1]

Political career

Huang served on the Taichung City Council from 1998 to 2015,[2] when he was elected to the Legislative Yuan after winning a by-election against Hsiao Chia-chi.[3] Since taking his seat in the legislature, Huang has researched safety standards for young children and participated in discussions about education.[4] He was named a convenor of the Legislative Yuan's Education and Culture Committee in March 2016, alongside Apollo Chen.[5] From this position, Huang has opposed the proposed merger of Tainan National University of the Arts with National Cheng Kung University, stating that such a move was a "top-down effort" to "kill TNNUA’s founding spirit."[6] He has supported attempts to remove military instructors from educational institutions in Taiwan.[7][8] During his legislative tenure, Huang has worked to uncover improprieties in many governmental agencies and programs.[9][10][11] Huang has frequently been critical of organizations providing oversight of sports in Taiwan.[12][13][14]

References

  1. ↑ "Huang Kuo-shu (9)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Huang Kuo-shu (8)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Hsiao, Alison; Loa, Iok-sin; Chen, Wei-han (8 February 2015). "By-elections: DPP keeps 3 seats, KMT 2". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Huang, Chung-shan; Chang, Jui-chen; Kan, Chih-chi (19 May 2015). "Helmets for under-fives lacking: study". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Hsiao, Alison (3 March 2016). "Blunder gives KMT seven legislative convener seats". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  6. ↑ Wu, Po-hsuan; Chin, Jonathan (8 March 2016). "Students protest merger; ministry suspends plan". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  7. ↑ Chen, Yu-fu; Lin, Rachel (28 October 2016). "KMT lawmakers criticize plan to phase out military instructors from schools". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  8. ↑ Lin, Sean (8 June 2016). "Amend University Act, students say". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  9. ↑ Lin, Sean (12 May 2017). "Sun Yat-sen School under fire following Hung campaigning". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  10. ↑ Lin, Sean (11 March 2016). "System's lapses allowed tax evasion: Wu Se-hwa". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  11. ↑ Shan, Shelley (21 March 2017). "Travel agents abusing subsidy program". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  12. ↑ Pan, Jason (24 March 2017). "Sports head panned by lawmakers over report". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  13. ↑ Pan, Jason (2 January 2017). "DPP lawmakers criticize sports officials over lags". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  14. ↑ Lu, Yi-hsuan,; Shan, Shelley; Hetherington, William (28 March 2017). "DPP pans 'Formosa' banner removal". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
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