Shyu Jong-shyong explained

Shyu Jong-shyong
Honorific-Suffix:	MLY
Office1:	Deputy Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan
1Blankname1:	Secretary-General
1Namedata1:	Chien Tai-lang
Term Start1:	2015
Term End1:	20 May 2016
Successor1:	Shih Keh-her
Office2:	Deputy Mayor of Taichung City
1Blankname2:	Mayor
1Namedata2:	Jason Hu Lin Chia-lung
Term Start2:	2011
Term End2:	2014
Office3:	Member of Legislative Yuan
Term Start3:	1 February 1993
Term End3:	31 January 2012
Constituency3:	Taichung County→Taichung 8
Birth Date:	7 October 1957
Birth Place:	Dongshi, Taichung County, Taiwan
Nationality:	Republic of China
Party:	Kuomintang
Alma Mater:	Soochow University (BA) University of Northern Colorado (MA, PhD)

Shyu Jong-shyong (; born 7 October 1957) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education

Shyu obtained his bachelor's degree in political science from Soochow University in 1981. He then continued his studies in the United States and obtained his master's degree in special education and Ph.D. in physical disability welfare from the University of Northern Colorado.

Early career

After graduation from University of Northern Colorado, Shyu became a specialist under the Department of Social Affairs of Taiwan Provincial Government in 1987–1988. In 1988-1991 he became an associate researcher at the Taiwan Secondary Education Teachers Training Center and in 1991-1993 he became an associate professor at the Department of Special Education of National Taichung Teacher's College.

Political career

Shyu served on the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 2011, and was the first member of a legislature entirely elected by residents of the Taiwan Area to have a disability.^[1] He resigned from the legislature to serve as deputy mayor of Taichung between 2011 and 2014,^[1] and subsequently served as deputy secretary-general of the Executive Yuan in 2015–2016.^[2]

Notes and References

News: Wang . Cheng-chung and . Liu . Kay . People with disabilities seek at-large seats in Legislature . 23 March 2023 . Central News Agency . 22 March 2023 . Shyu Jong-shyong (徐中雄) of the KMT became the first lawmaker with disabilities after he was elected to represent then-Taichung County in 1992 and took office in 1993. He served six terms in the Legislature before resigning to take up the post as one of three deputy mayors of Taichung in 2011, when Taichung City and Taichung County were merged to form a special municipality. A constitutional amendment passed in 2005 reduced the total seats in the Legislature to 113-- 73 locally elected, six elected by Indigenous people in Taiwan, and 34 at-large seats for political parties that receive 5 percent of the total vote or more in the legislative election. Since Shyu's election, there had been at least one lawmaker with disabilities until the current term that began in 2020, when no parties put members of the disabled community in safe seats on their list of nominees for the at-large positions in the election held in January that year..
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