Huang Chih-hsiung (; born 16 October 1976 in Taipei County (now New Taipei City), Taiwan) is a

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athlete. Representing the

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(as

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) in the

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, he won the

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at the Men's 68 kg Taekwondo event. At the

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he won a

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at the Men's 58 kg Taekwondo event.

Political careers

2004 legislative election

Huang was placed third on the Kuomintang's legislators-at-large candidate list for the December 2004 legislative election, just behind Legislative Speaker

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and Deputy Legislative Speaker Chiang Pin-kung, and he subsequently won a seat in the sixth

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2008 legislative election

He was subsequently re-elected in the January 2008 legislative election, earning a place in the seventh Legislative Yuan.

2016 legislative election

External links

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Huang Chih-hsiung's profile from Legislative Yuan
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