Huang Kun-huei

In this Chinese name, the family name is Huang.

Huang Kun-huei
黃昆輝
Chairman of the Taiwan Solidarity Union
In office 26 January 2007 – 18 January 2016
Preceded by	Shu Chin-chiang Lin Chih-chia (acting)
Succeeded by	Lin Chih-chia (acting) Liu Yi-te
Secretary-General of the Kuomintang
In office 18 November 1999 – 20 March 2000
Preceded by	John Chiang
Succeeded by	Lin Fong-cheng
Secretary-General to the President
In office 5 August 1996 – 17 November 1999
President	Lee Teng-hui
Deputies	Stephen S.F. Chen Hwang Jeng-shyong Su Chi Lin Bih-jaw
Preceded by	Wu Po-hsiung
Succeeded by	John Chiang
Minister of the Interior
In office 15 February 1994 – 10 June 1996
Preceded by	Wu Po-hsiung
Succeeded by	Lin Fong-cheng
Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council
In office 1 June 1991 – 14 December 1994
Deputy	Ma Ying-jeou
Preceded by	Shih Chi-yang
Succeeded by	Vincent Siew
Personal details
Born	(1936-11-08) 8 November 1936 (age 88) Tainan, Taiwan, Empire of Japan
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Taiwan Solidarity Union
Education	National Taiwan Normal University (BA) University of Northern Colorado (MEd, PhD)

Huang Kun-huei (Chinese: 黃昆輝; pinyin: Huáng Kūnhuī; born 8 November 1936) is a Taiwanese politician. A former member of the Kuomintang, he had served as the party's secretary general from 1999 to 2000. Prior to that, Huang served as the minister of the Mainland Affairs Council from 1991 to 1994 and Minister of the Interior from 1994 to 1996.[1] He later left the KMT and joined the Taiwan Solidarity Union, chairing the TSU from 2007 to 2016.

Education

Huang graduated from National Taipei University of Education in 1964 with a bachelor's degree in education, then completed advanced studies in the United States, where he earned a master's degree and then a Ph.D. in education from the University of Northern Colorado in 1967 and 1971, respectively.[2]

TSU Chairmanship

Huang was elected leader of the Taiwan Solidarity Union on 19 January 2007.[3]

Cross-Straits Economic Trade and Culture Forum

Huang stated in October 2013 that the Cross-Straits Economic Trade and Culture Forum that have been going on between the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), has shown nothing to Taiwan, except how the high-ranking KMT officials fawn over Beijing for personal gain, either financially or politically. The forum has become the platform for the KMT to collaborate with the CCP in containing Taiwan. The Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement had become a tool in which the government of China pressured Ma Ying-jeou's administration.[4]

Huang resigned his post shortly after the TSU failed to win any legislative seats in the 2016 elections.[5]

References

1. "Newsmaker: Huang positions TSU left of center". Taipei Times. 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
2. "Who's Who in the ROC" (PDF). Executive Yuan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
3. Mo, Yan-chih (20 January 2007). "Taiwan Solidarity Union elects Huang as chairman". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
4. "Opposition slams KMT-CCP suggestions". Taipei Times. 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
5. Chang, Hsiao-ti; Chin, Jonathan (20 January 2016). "TSU considering disbanding after election losses". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 January 2016.