Hsu Shu-hua (; born 15 October 1975) is a Taiwanese politician, serving as a

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representing

Nantou County Nantou County (; Hokkien POJ: ''Lâm-tâu-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Nàm-thèu-yen'') is the second largest county of Taiwan by area, located in the central part of the country. It is also the only non-coastal county in Taiwan. Its name derives fro ...

as a

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

(KMT) member. Another Taiwanese politician also named

Hsu Shu-hua Hsu Shu-hua (; born 15 October 1975) is a Taiwanese politician, serving as a legislator representing Nantou County as a Kuomintang (KMT) member. Another Taiwanese politician also named Hsu Shu-hua is a Taipei City Councilor, representing the ...

is a

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or, representing the

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a Taiwanese nationalist and centre-left political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Controlling both the Republic of China presidency and the unicameral Legislative Yuan, it is the majori ...

Education

Hsu earned a master's degree in management from

Feng Chia University Feng Chia University (FCU; ) is a private research university in Taiwan, located in Taichung. It was named after Chiu Feng-Chia one of the leaders of the military resistance against the Japanese invasion of Taiwan in 1895. Feng Chia Univer ...

Political career

Hsu was elected to the

Nantou County Council The Nantou County Council (NTCC; ) is the elected county council of Nantou County, Republic of China. The council composes of 37 councilors lastly elected through the 2018 Republic of China local election on 24 November 2018. Organization Comm ...

in 2002, and became mayor of Nantou City in 2006. While mayor of Nantou, she was elected to the

Central Standing Committee in 2011. She served as mayor until 2014, and was named a representative to the

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in a

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, taking office on 16 February 2015. With the support of

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, Hsu won a full legislative term in January 2016. In April, Hsu was named a deputy secretary-general of the Kuomintang. That September, she won a drawing over

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to become co-convener of the legislature's Organic Laws and Statutes Committee alongside

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. In May 2022, the Kuomintang nominated Hsu as its candidate for the Nantou magistracy in the

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Political stances

Hsu supports strengthening laws against fraud and proposed an amendment to the Criminal Code in 2016 intending to bring fraud committed abroad by Taiwanese citizens under the jurisdiction of Taiwanese authorities. In December 2016, she proposed an amendment to the Civil Code in regards to

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, retaining gendered terms in the code's Article 972, but at the same time introduced language to recognize partners of a same-sex union. In July 2017,

member

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tried to break up a group of

members who were protesting the Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program. Hsu Shu-hua was the first to stop Chiu from interfering with the protest.

Personal life

Hsu owns a collection of

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memorabilia.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hsu, Shu-hua 1975 births Living people Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Nantou County Members of the 8th Legislative Yuan Members of the 9th Legislative Yuan Women mayors of places in Taiwan Feng Chia University alumni Members of the 10th Legislative Yuan 21st-century Taiwanese women politicians