Hsiao Uan-u | |
Native Name Lang: | zh-tw |
Honorific-Suffix: | MLY |
Constituency: | Chiayi County |
Order: | Member of the Legislative Yuan |
Term Start: | 1 February 1999 |
Term End: | 31 January 2002 |
Birth Date: | 1973 10, df=y |
Birth Place: | Chiayi, Taiwan |
Party: | Kuomintang |
Nationality: | Taiwanese |
Alma Mater: | California State University, Northridge University of San Francisco |
Occupation: | Politician |
Relations: | Hsiao Shui-li (cousin) |
Hsiao Uan-u (; born 12 October 1973) is a Taiwanese politician.
The daughter of Hsiao Teng-wang, a former speaker of Chiayi City Council,[1] Hsiao Uan-u attended college in the United States, at California State University, Northridge and the University of San Francisco.[2] An uncle, Hsiao Teng-shi, ran her 1998 legislative campaign, and Hsiao Uan-u won due to her family's considerable political influence in Chiayi.[3] While in office, Hsiao Uan-u served as family spokesperson, as Hsiao Teng-piao, another paternal uncle, who, like her father, had served on the Chiayi City Council, chose to face charges of blackmail, illegal confinement, graft, and bribery.[4] [5] Months after Hsiao Uan-u completed her term in January 2002, Hsiao Teng-piao was paroled.[1]