1. Huang Kuo-chang is a Taiwanese politician, legal scholar, and activist.
21 Facts About Huang Kuo-chang
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Huang Kuo-chang has served as the TPP's chairman since 2025.
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Huang Kuo-chang was a leading figure in the 2014 Sunflower Student Movement before he became the leader of the New Power Party.
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Huang Kuo-chang served as an NPP legislator representing New Taipei City's 12th constituency from 2016 to 2020.
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Huang Kuo-chang was born into a traditional farming family in Xizhi Township, Taipei County.
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Huang Kuo-chang joined the Academia Sinica as a researcher in the Institute of Jurisprudence in 2006 and left in 2015.
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One of the leading figures of the Sunflower Student Movement, Huang Kuo-chang joined the New Power Party in May 2015.
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Huang Kuo-chang ran as an NPP candidate in New Taipei City's 12th constituency in the 2016 legislative election.
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Huang Kuo-chang won the seat against incumbent Kuomintang legislator Lee Ching-hua and was assigned to the Finance Committee.
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Huang Kuo-chang stepped down as chairman of the New Power Party in January 2019.
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In June 2019, Huang Kuo-chang stated that he would leave the New Power Party if it became a "sidekick" of the Democratic Progressive Party, but he denied that he was forming a new political party.
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Huang Kuo-chang said in August 2019 that he would support the 2020 legislative campaign of Lai Chia-lun, who sought to succeed Huang Kuo-chang in New Taipei 12.
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Huang Kuo-chang refused, and the NPP later announced that it would not nominate a presidential candidate.
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Huang Kuo-chang was offered a position on the NPP party list, on which he was ranked fourth.
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In 2020, Huang Kuo-chang cofounded the Taiwan Anti-corruption and Whistleblower Protection Association.
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On 16 November 2023, Huang Kuo-chang announced that he had filed paperwork to join the Taiwan People's Party.
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Huang Kuo-chang won election to the Legislative Yuan on the TPP's proportional representation party list in the 2024 legislative election.
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Huang Kuo-chang was named the TPP caucus convener for the 11th Legislative Yuan.
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Huang Kuo-chang sits on the Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee.
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Huang Kuo-chang won the position in a landslide with 8,903 votes to Tsai Pi-ru's 360 votes.
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Huang Kuo-chang will serve as the TPP's chair until 31 December 2026, when Ko's term was scheduled to end.