Hsu Kuo-yung

Taiwanese politician (born 1958)
徐國勇
Official portrait, 2018
32nd Minister of the InteriorIn office
16 July 2018 – 7 December 2022Prime MinisterWilliam Lai
Su Tseng-changDeputyHua Ching-chunPreceded byYeh Jiunn-rongSucceeded byHua Ching-chun (acting)Minister without PortfolioIn office
25 December 2017 – 15 July 2018Prime MinisterWilliam Lai5th Spokesperson of the Executive YuanIn office
1 October 2016 – 15 July 2018Prime MinisterLin Chuan
William LaiPreceded byTung Chen-yuanSucceeded byKolas YotakaMember of the Legislative YuanIn office
1 February 2016 – 30 September 2016ConstituencyParty-listIn office
1 February 2005 – 1 January 2008ConstituencyTaipei 1Taipei City CouncillorIn office
25 December 2002 – 31 January 2005ConstituencyTaipei 2nd (Neihu District and Nangang District) Personal detailsBorn (1958-06-07) 7 June 1958 (age 66)
Taipei, TaiwanNationalityTaiwanPolitical party Democratic Progressive PartyRelativesHsu Chia-chingAlma materNational Chung Hsing University

Hsu Kuo-yung (Chinese: 徐國勇; pinyin: Xú Guóyǒng; born 7 June 1958) is a Taiwanese politician and media personality who is currently the host for the FTV News political program "National Bravest" since 2023. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2008, and again in 2016. Hsu served as the minister of Interior from 2018 to 2022.

Education

Hsu obtained his bachelor's degree in law from National Chung Hsing University.[1]

Political careers

Hsu served as the Taipei City councillor in 2002 until his inauguration as the member of the Legislative Yuan, in 2005, of the 1st constituency of Taipei City.

2008 legislative election

  • Eligible voters: 280,614
  • Total votes cast (Ratio): 171,665 (61.17%)
  • Valid Votes (Ratio): 169,272 (98.61%)
  • Invalid Votes (Ratio): 2,393 (1.39%)
No. Candidate Party Votes Ratio Elected
1 Jhuang Wan Yun (莊婉均) Independent 1,684 0.99%
2 Jhang Cing Yuan (張慶源) Independent 470 0.28%
3 Alex Tsai Kuomintang 105,375 62.26%
4 Syu Jia Chen (許家琛) Independent 159 0.09%
5 Ke Yi Min (柯逸民) Green Party Taiwan 1,580 0.93%
6 Hsu Kuo-yung Democratic Progressive Party 60,004 35.45%

In 2016, he returned as a member of the member of the Legislative Yuan for the DPP proportional representation constituency.

On October 2016, after the resignation of the Executive Yuan spokesperson Tong Cheng-yuan, whose role was transferred to National Security Council, Hsu resigned his membership in the Legislative Yuan and succeeded Tong as the spokesperson. Chiu Tai-yuan succeeded Hsu's legislative membership.

In July 2018, then-interior minister Yeh Jiunn-rong was appointed as the new education minister. Then-spokesperson Hsu succeeded Yeh as the interior minister until his resignation in 2022 due health issues.[2]

Media careers

On December 2022, FTV News announces a new political program "National Bravest" (全國第一勇)[note 1] and he will be the host starting 26th of the same month.

Notes

  1. ^ In his name, Hsu Kuo-yung (徐國勇), the "yung (勇)" means brave in Mandarin, the program uses his name as a rhyme with the program name.

References

  1. ^ "Hsu, Kuo-Yung". Legislative Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan). Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  2. ^ Lee, Hsin-fang; Lin, Chia-tung; Chin, Jonathan (12 July 2018). "FEATURE: Three new ministers tapped: sources". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

External links

  • Hsu Kuo-yung on Facebook
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