Jimmy Kuo Kuo Chun-ming | |
Native Name Lang: | zh-tw |
Honorific-Suffix: | MLY |
Smallimage: | 郭俊銘.JPG |
Order: | Member of the Legislative Yuan |
Term Start: | 1 February 2002 |
Term End: | 31 January 2008 |
Constituency: | Taichung County |
Birth Date: | 1955 10, df=y |
Birth Place: | Taichung, Taiwan |
Party: | Democratic Progressive Party |
Alma Mater: | National Cheng Kung University |
Jimmy Kuo (; born 17 October 1955) is a Taiwanese politician.
Kuo graduated from the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University and earned a degree from National Cheng Kung University.[1]
Kuo served one term on the Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council.[2] He left to lead the Democratic Progressive Party's organization and development department.[3] Within the DPP, Kuo was affiliated with the New Tide faction.[4] In 2001, Kuo was elected to the Legislative Yuan for the first time. He was reelected in 2004. During his legislative tenure, Kuo was often critical of the National Communications Commission.[5] [6]
Kuo lost to Yang Chiung-ying in the 2008 legislative elections,[7] and was defeated by Johnny Chiang in 2012.[8] By 2016, Kuo was chairman of the Taiwan Water Corporation.[9] He resigned from Taiwater in January 2019.[10]