Huang Chih-ta (; born 28 February 1972) is a Taiwanese politician.

Early life and family

Huang Chi-ta's maternal grandfather was a banker in Yilan County who was killed during the aftermath of 228 incident, as

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personnel landed in Yilan. Huang was born on 28 February 1972, the 25th anniversary of the 228 incident. Huang Chi-ta earned bachelor's degree from

National Chengchi University National Chengchi University () is a public research university in Taipei. The university is also considered as the earliest public service training facility of the Republic of China. First established in Nanjing in 1927, the university was subs ...

, followed by a master's degree from

Tamkang University Tamkang University (TKU; ) is a private university in Tamsui District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. It was founded in 1950 as a junior college of English literature. Today it is a comprehensive university with 11 colleges that serves nearly 25,000 ...

Political career

Huang was deputy director of the

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's Department of International Affairs. During

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's tenure as chairman of the

from 2012 to 2014, Huang was a deputy leader of the party's Central Committee. He then joined Su's . Within the

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cabinet, Huang worked for vice premier

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. While

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held the premiership, Huang served as Lai's office director. He left the position to aid the 2018 New Taipei mayoral campaign of Su Tseng-chang. After Su's loss in the mayoral election, he replaced Lai as premier, and retained Huang as office director. Upon the second inauguration of President

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in 2020, Huang was appointed a minister without portfolio.

References

1972 births Living people Government ministers of Taiwan 21st-century Taiwanese politicians Tamkang University alumni National Chengchi University alumni Democratic Progressive Party (Taiwan) politicians {{Taiwan-DPP-politician-stub