Hsu Shu-hua explained

Hsu Shu-hua
Native Name Lang:zh-tw
Office1:12th Magistrate of Nantou
Term Start1:25 December 2022
Deputy1:Wang Jui-te
Predecessor1:Lin Ming-chen
Office2:Member of the Legislative Yuan
Term Start2:16 February 2015
Term End2:25 December 2022
Predecessor2:Lin Ming-chen
Successor2:Frida Tsai
Constituency2:Nantou II
Office3:6th Mayor of Nantou
Term Start3:1 March 2006
Term End3:25 December 2014
Predecessor3:Lee Chao-ching
Chen Jui-ching (acting)
Office4:Nantou County Councillor
Term Start4:1 March 2002
Term End4:28 February 2006
Constituency4:Nantou I
Birth Date:1975 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Nantou Township, Nantou County, Taiwan
Party:Kuomintang
Nationality:Taiwan
Alma Mater:Feng Chia University
Occupation:politician

Hsu Shu-hua (; born 15 October 1975) is a Taiwanese politician serving as magistrate of Nantou County.

From 2002 to 2006, she was a member of the Nantou County Council. Hsu then served as mayor of Nantou City until 2014. She subsequently won a by-election to the Legislative Yuan. Hsu vacated her legislative seat in 2022 to take office as magistrate of Nantou County.

Another Taiwanese politician also named Hsu Shu-hua is a Taipei City Councilor, representing the Democratic Progressive Party.

Early life and education

Hsu was born on 15 October 1975.[1] [2] She earned a master's degree in management from Feng Chia University.[3]

Political career

Hsu was elected to the Nantou County Council in 2002, and became mayor of Nantou City in 2006.[4] While mayor of Nantou, she was elected to the Kuomintang Central Standing Committee in 2011.[5] She served as mayor until 2014, and was named a representative to the Legislative Yuan in a by-election, taking office on 16 February 2015.[6] [7] With the support of Wu Den-yih, Hsu won a full legislative term in January 2016.[8] In April, Hsu was named a deputy secretary-general of the Kuomintang.[9] That September, she won a drawing over Tuan Yi-kang to become co-convener of the legislature's Organic Laws and Statutes Committee alongside Yu Mei-nu.[10] In May 2022, the Kuomintang nominated Hsu as its candidate for the Nantou magistracy in the local elections.[11] Hsu defeated Democratic Progressive Party candidate Frida Tsai and political independent Wang Yung-ching,[12] necessitating a by-election for her legislative constituency.[13]

Political stances

Hsu supports strengthening laws against fraud and proposed an amendment to the Criminal Code in 2016 intending to bring fraud committed abroad by Taiwanese citizens under the jurisdiction of Taiwanese authorities.[14] [15] In December 2016, she proposed an amendment to the Civil Code in regards to same-sex marriage in Taiwan, retaining gendered terms in the code's Article 972, but at the same time introduced language to recognize partners of a same-sex union.[16] In July 2017, Democratic Progressive Party member Chiu Yi-ying tried to break up a group of Kuomintang members who were protesting the Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program. Hsu Shu-hua was the first to stop Chiu from interfering with the protest.[17]

Personal life

Hsu owns a collection of Smurfs memorabilia.[18]

Notes and References

  1. News: 2號 許淑華 . 27 December 2022 . Liberty Times . 2016 . zh.
  2. News: zh . 1號 許淑華 . 27 December 2022 . Liberty Times . 2020.
  3. News: Hsu Shu-hua (9). 26 May 2017. Legislative Yuan.
  4. News: Hsu Shu-hua (10) . 27 December 2022 . Legislative Yuan.
  5. News: KMT elects CSC members. 26 May 2017. Taipei Times. 4 September 2011.
  6. News: Hsiao. Alison. Loa. Iok-sin. Chen. Wei-han. By-elections: DPP keeps 3 seats, KMT 2. 26 May 2017. Taipei Times. 8 February 2015.
  7. News: Hsu Shu-hua (8). 26 May 2017. Legislative Yuan.
  8. News: Chen. Feng-li. Chin. Jonathan. KMT's Hung to run for chairpersonship. 26 May 2017. 21 January 2016.
  9. News: Hsiao. Alison. Hung rebuffs call for general convenor vote. 26 May 2017. Taipei Times. 7 April 2016.
  10. News: Chen. Wei-han. KMT limits DPP to 10 convener seats. 26 May 2017. Taipei Times. 20 September 2016.
  11. News: Teng . Pei-ju . KMT selects Legislator Chiang Wan-an as candidate for Taipei mayor . 26 May 2022 . Central News Agency . 25 May 2022. Republished as News: Chiang Wan-an named as KMT pick for Taipei mayor . 26 May 2022 . Taipei Times . 26 May 2022.
  12. News: Lo . James . ELECTIONS 2022/KMT's Hsu Shu-hua claims victory in Nantou County magistrate race . 27 December 2022 . Central News Agency . 26 November 2022.
  13. News: Chen . Chun-hua . Kao . Evelyn . By-election for Nantou legislative seat scheduled for March 4 . 26 December 2022 . Central News Agency . 26 December 2022. Republished as: News: By-election for Hsu's Nantou seat set for March 4 . 27 December 2022 . Taipei Times . 27 December 2022.
  14. News: Legislature amends Criminal Code over overseas fraudsters. 26 May 2017. Taipei Times. 16 November 2016.
  15. News: Wang. Amber. Beijing targets young fraudsters abroad. 26 May 2017. Taipei Times. 27 December 2016.
  16. News: Chen. Wei-han. Committee green-lights same-sex marriage draft. 26 May 2017. Taipei Times. 27 December 2016.
  17. News: Lin. Sean. DPP lawmaker slapped at legislature. 14 July 2017. Taipei Times. 14 July 2017.
  18. News: Huang . Hsin-po . Hsieh . Chun-ling . Hertherington . William . FEATURE: Lawmakers' collections show personal side . 19 February 2019 . Taipei Times . 19 February 2019.