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Huang Teh-fu
黃德福
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2002 – 31 January 2008
ConstituencyRepublic of China
Chairperson of the National Youth Commission
In office
10 March 1997 – 9 February 1998
Preceded byWu Huan-lan
Succeeded byLee Jih-chu
Personal details
Born (1954-08-03) 3 August 1954 (age 70)
Taipei, Taiwan
Political partyKuomintang
Alma materNational Chengchi University (BA, MA)
Northwestern University (PhD)

Huang Teh-fu (Chinese: 黃德福; pinyin: Huáng Défú; born 3 August 1954) is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2008.

Education and early career

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Huang earned a bachelor's and master's degree in political science from National Chengchi University, and later obtained a doctoral degree in the subject from Northwestern University in the United States.[1][2] Upon returning to Taiwan, Huang joined the faculty of NCCU.[3] In 2000, Huang proposed that several party positions be directly elected. The implementation of Huang's reforms resulted in the first direct election for Kuomintang chairman held in March 2001.[4]

Political career

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Huang led the National Youth Commission from March 1997 to February 1998. In 2001, he was elected to the Legislative Yuan for the first time. During his first term as a legislator, Huang supported the passage of sunshine laws,[5] and backed the renaming of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall to Presidents' Memorial Hall.[6][7] He was a strong proponent for the use of absentee ballots.[8][9][10] By mid-2004, Huang was the deputy whip for the Kuomintang legislative caucus,[11] and was promoted at the start of the legislative session that began in July.[12]

After the Central Election Commission announced that the 2004 general elections were scheduled for 11 December, Huang led criticism of the CEC, stating that the commission's decision favored the Democratic Progressive Party because the chosen election date was near the 25th anniversary of the 1979 Kaohsiung Incident.[13][14][15] The Kuomintang announced that Huang ranked eighth on its party list in September 2004.[16] Shortly after his reelection, Huang stepped down as caucus whip.[17] Upon the conclusion of Huang's second term in the legislature, he was named executive director of the Foundation for Democracy, despite opposition from the leadership of the group, some of whom subsequently resigned from the organization.[18][19][20]

References

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  1. ^ "Huang Teh-fu (5)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Huang Teh-fu (6)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  3. ^ Chu, Monique (10 February 2000). "Taiwan's history updated to digital format". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  4. ^ Hung, Chen-ling (5 May 2000). "KMT reform to include direct election for chairman position". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Task force wants new laws to clean up party funding". Taipei Times. 16 March 2002. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  6. ^ Hsu, Crystal (17 March 2002). "Restless DPP ponders its place in the middle". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  7. ^ Low, Stephanie (17 March 2002). "Lawmakers mull memorial change". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  8. ^ Tsai, Ting-i (9 April 2002). "KMT says it will keep pushing for absentee ballots". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  9. ^ "KMT says most Taiwanese want absentee voting". Taipei Times. 12 April 2002. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  10. ^ Hsu, Crystal (13 April 2002). "Premier backs franchise reform". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  11. ^ Lin, Chieh-yu (2 June 2004). "Presidential Office defends decision to give routine awards". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  12. ^ Wu, Debby; Huang, Jewel (15 July 2004). "Pan-blue merger struggling amid renewed discord". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  13. ^ Wu, Debby (21 July 2004). "CEC defends date for election". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  14. ^ "DPP member says legislative elections should be held later". Taipei Times. 22 July 2004. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  15. ^ Wu, Debby (5 August 2004). "Debate on propriety of holding elections on Dec. 11 goes on". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  16. ^ Wu, DEbby (23 September 2004). "New Party, KMT release legislator-at-large names". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  17. ^ Hong, Caroline (20 February 2005). "KMT in caucus whip poll". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  18. ^ Chiu, Yen-ling (21 June 2009). "INTERVIEW: Ma administration doesn't understand 'government'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  19. ^ Chou, Ching-wen; Tseng, Wei-chen (20 March 2010). "Ma pushed me to quit: ex-TFD chief". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  20. ^ Tseng, Wei-chen (21 March 2010). "Ex-TFD chief invited to become adviser". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
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