Huang Hsin-chieh
| Huang Hsin-chieh | |
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| 3rd Chairperson of the DPP | |
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In office October 30, 1988 – January 20, 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Yao Chia-wen |
| Succeeded by | Hsu Hsin-liang |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
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In office February 1, 1969 – December 31, 1991 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 20, 1928 Dairyūdōchō, Taihoku City, Taihoku Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Taipei, Taiwan) |
| Died | November 30, 1999 (aged 71) Taipei, Taiwan |
| Nationality | Republic of China |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Spouse(s) | Chang Yueh-ching |
| Alma mater | National Taipei University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Democracy Activist, Publisher, Philanthropist, Politician |
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| Traditional Chinese | 黃信介 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 黃信介 | ||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Huáng Xìnjiè |
| Wade–Giles | Huang Hsin-chieh |
| Southern Min | |
| Hokkien POJ | N̂g Sìn-kài |
Huang Hsin-chieh (Chinese: 黃信介 August 20, 1928 – November 30, 1999) was a Taiwanese politician, Taipei city council member, National Assembly representative, Legislative Yuan legislator, publishers of Formosa Magazine. and Taiwan Political Theory magazine (台灣政論), senior Dangwai Leader, third chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), and senior adviser to the president of the Republic of China. He was born on August 20, 1928 during the period when Taiwan was under Japanese governance also known to the Japanese as the Japan governance period of Taiwan and was fluent in Japanese and Taiwanese. He married Chang Yueh-ching (張月卿) in 1954 and had four children and adopted sons. They lived in a modest residence on Chongqing N. Rd in Datong District, Taipei City for over three decades.
On November 30, 1999, he died of a heart attack in Taipei at the age of 71. He is survived by his four children, adopted sons and their grandchildren. For his contribution to Taiwan's democratic movement and sacrifices for his country, he is credited as being the "Father of Taiwan Democracy" (台灣民主之父), "DPP's forever grandfather (民進黨永遠的歐吉桑), DPP's forever great elder (民進黨永遠的), and the immortal Hsin-chieh (信介仙).
President Lee Teng-hui on January 18, 2000 awarded Huang Hsin-chieh the posthumous citation for activities to promote political reform, nation building, and democracy advancement.
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