Huang Kuo-chang
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Huang Kuo-chang MLY |
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| 黃國昌 | |
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| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
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Assumed office 1 February 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Lee Ching-hua |
| Constituency | New Taipei 12th |
| Leader of New Power Party | |
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Assumed office 13 September 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Freddy Lim (as Party-building Captain) |
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19 August 1973 Xizhi, Taipei County, Taiwan |
| Political party | New Power Party |
| Alma mater |
Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School National Taiwan University (J.S.D) Cornell University (LL.M) Cornell Law School (J.S.D) |
Huang Kuo-chang (Chinese: 黃國昌; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Kok-chhiong, born 19 August 1973) is a Taiwanese politician, activist, legal scholar, researcher and writer. He is one of the lead figures of the Sunflower Student Movement and he joined the New Power Party shortly after the Movement. He has been the chairperson of the New Power Party since 2015.
Huang Kuo-chang was born into a traditional farming family in Xizhi Township, Taipei County. He graduated from National Taiwan University in 1995, and he continued his education at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York for a master's degree and a doctorate.
One of the lead figures of the Sunflower Student Movement, Huang joined the New Power Party in May 2015, and was named acting chairperson in July. That same month, Huang announced that he would enter the legislative election in 2016 as a New Power Party candidate for the 12th constituency of New Taipei City. The constituency, which includes Xizhi, Ruifang, Jinshan, Wanli, Pingxi, Shuangxi and Gongliao, was represented by incumbent Kuomintang legislator Lee Ching-hua. In September, the NPP announced that Huang would serve on a seven-member committee of party leaders, which included Freddy Lim and Neil Peng. As the Democratic Progressive Party did not fill in candidates in the constituency, in order to support Huang. In the elections held on 16 January 2016, Huang beat the incumbent Lee and won the seat in the legislature. After taking office, Huang was assigned to the Finance Committee.
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