Huang Erh-hsuan (; 5 March 1936 – 9 February 2019) was a Taiwanese politician. He served in the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel v ...

from 1993 to 2002.

Education and early career

Huang earned a Ph.D from National Chengchi University after completing a bachelor's degree from National Taiwan University. He later taught at NCCU, Soochow University and National Chung Hsing University. Huang wrote for the ''

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'' and published ''CommonWealth Magazine''.

Political career

Huang was a member of 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 ...

New Tide faction The New Tide faction () was the centrist and largest faction of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Taiwan before the party voted to dissolve all factions in 2006. Though dissolved, it remains as the largest faction in the DPP. The faction i ...

, and was the party's first secretary general between 1986 and 1988. He was elected to three terms on the

via party list proportional representation from 1993 to 2002. Upon stepping down from the legislature, Huang was named the president of a Pan-Green Internet radio station hosted at TaiwaneseVoice.net.

Death

Huang died of heart failure on 9 February 2019, aged 82. Following his death, the Transitional Justice Commission probed Huang's 1983 firing from Soochow University. The agency concluded in April 2019 that the departure of Huang from Soochow was a result of political persecution from Ministry of Education and intelligence agencies in Taiwan.

References

1936 births 2019 deaths National Chengchi University alumni Academic staff of the National Chengchi University Academic staff of Soochow University (Taiwan) Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Tainan Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan Party List Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 2nd Legislative Yuan Members of the 3rd Legislative Yuan Members of the 4th Legislative Yuan Academic staff of the National Chung Hsing University National Taiwan University alumni {{Taiwan-DPP-politician-stub