George Hsieh (; born 5 October 1975) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education and non-political career

After earning a bachelor's degree in sociology from the

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, Hsieh attended the

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. He previously worked for ''

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'' and founded

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Political career

Hsieh renounced US citizenship to join the 2004 legislative elections as a member of the People First Party. He joined the

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in 2006, and represented Keelung in the

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until 2016. In 2009, he proposed an amendment to the Computer-Processed Personal Data Protection Act that would make it legal for elected officials to examine personal records without informing the individual subject to investigation. The next year, Hsieh was named the co-chair of the Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee. In 2013, '' Next Magazine'' reported that he and a small group of legislators had been subject to wiretapping by the

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since 2011. Hsieh was the party's top choice to run for the mayoralty of Keelung City in 2014, after original candidate

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's nomination had been withdrawn. He repeatedly refused the mayoral nomination and campaigned for

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instead. In February 2015, George Hsieh announced that he would not seek reelection, because his party had been soundly defeated in the November 2014 local elections. In May 2022, the Kuomintang nominated Hsieh as its candidate for the Keelung mayoralty in the

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. Hsieh defeated Democratic Progressive Party candidate and legislator .

References

Living people Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Members of the 6th Legislative Yuan Members of the 7th Legislative Yuan Members of the 8th Legislative Yuan Keelung Members of the Legislative Yuan 1975 births Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni University of Southern California alumni People First Party Members of the Legislative Yuan Former United States citizens {{Taiwan-KMT-politician-stub