Hsu Hsin-liang
| Hsu Hsin-liang | |
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| 許信良 | |
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| Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party | |
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In office 18 July 1996 – 18 July 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Shih Ming-teh |
| Succeeded by | Lin Yi-hsiung |
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In office 20 January 1992 – 4 December 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Huang Shin-chieh |
| Succeeded by | Shih Ming-teh |
| Magistrate of Taoyuan | |
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In office 20 December 1977 – 1 July 1979 |
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| Preceded by |
Wu Po-hsiung Weng Chien (acting) |
| Succeeded by |
Yeh Kuo-kuang (acting) Hsu Hung-chih |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 May 1941 Chūreki Town, Chūreki District, Shinchiku Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Zhongli, Taoyuan, Taiwan) |
| Nationality | Taiwanese |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party (1990s; 2008–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Kuomintang (until 1977; 2000–2008) |
| Alma mater |
National Chengchi University University of Edinburgh |
| Occupation | Politician |
Hsu Hsin-liang (Chinese: 許信良; pinyin: Xǔ Xìnliáng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khó͘ Sìn-liông; born 27 May 1941 in Chūreki, Shinchiku Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Zhongli, Taoyuan, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese politician, formerly Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). He was a supporter of the Pan-Blue Coalition from 2000 to 2008 but then supported the DPP in the 2008 presidential election.
Hsu attended Hsinchu Senior High School and received his bachelor's degree in political science from National Chengchi University in 1967 and his Kuomintang-sponsored master's degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1969.
Hsu began his political career in the Kuomintang as a member of the Taiwan Provincial Assembly from 1973 to 1977. He was expelled from the Kuomintang but broke ranks in 1977 when he ran and won as an independent in the election for Magistrate of Taoyuan County.
Hsu was involved in opposition activity during the first part of 1979. The government impeached him and removed him from office for two years. On September 30, 1979, he left Taiwan for an exile in the United States where he maintained his position opposing the Kuomintang government.
In 1986, soon after the founding of the Democratic Progressive Party, he tried to return to Taiwan via Japan, but was repeatedly blocked at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport. Three years later he was arrested while slipping into Taiwan aboard a mainland Chinese fishing boat and was jailed for sedition until president Lee Teng-hui declared to have been pardoned in 1990.
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