Huang Erh-hsuan explained

Huang Erh-hsuan
Native Name Lang:zh-tw
Honorific-Suffix:MLY
Order:National Policy Advisor to the President
Term Start:20 May 2016
Term End:9 February 2019
President:Tsai Ing-wen
Order1:Member of the Legislative Yuan
Constituency1:Republic of China
Term Start1:1 February 1993
Term End1:31 January 2002
Order2:Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party
Term Start2:28 November 1986
Term End2:28 November 1988
Predecessor2:Position established
Successor2:Chang Chun-hung
Birth Date:1936 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Tainan Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan
Death Place:Xindian, New Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality:Taiwanese
Alma Mater:National Chengchi University
Occupation:politician

Huang Erh-hsuan (; 5 March 1936 – 9 February 2019) was a Taiwanese politician. He served in the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 2002.

Education and early career

Huang earned a Ph.D from National Chengchi University after completing a bachelor's degree from National Taiwan University.[1] He later taught at NCCU, Soochow University and National Chung Hsing University. Huang wrote for the Independence Evening Post and published CommonWealth Magazine.[2]

Political career

Huang was a member of the Democratic Progressive Party's New Tide faction,[3] and was the party's first secretary general between 1986 and 1988. He was elected to three terms on the Legislative Yuan via party list proportional representation from 1993 to 2002. Upon stepping down from the legislature, Huang was named the president of a Pan-Green Internet radio station hosted at TaiwaneseVoice.net.[4]

Death

Huang died of heart failure on 9 February 2019, aged 82.[5] Following his death, the Transitional Justice Commission probed Huang's 1983 firing from Soochow University. The agency concluded in April 2019 that the departure of Huang from Soochow was a result of political persecution from Ministry of Education and intelligence agencies in Taiwan.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Huang Erh-hsuan (4) . 10 August 2018 . Legislative Yuan.
  2. News: Huang Erh-hsuan (3). 5 March 2017. Legislative Yuan.
  3. News: Constructive Controversies. 5 March 2017. Taiwan Today. 1 December 1989.
  4. News: Tsai. Ting-i. Internet radio station launches. 5 March 2017. Taipei Times. 13 May 2002.
  5. News: Shih . Hsiu-chuan . President Tsai expresses sadness at death of DPP founding member . 10 February 2019 . Central News Agency . 9 February 2019.
  6. News: Chen . Yu-fu . Ministry implicated in Huang firing . 23 April 2019 . Taipei Times . 23 April 2019.