Kao Chien-chih (; born 17 August 1953) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education

Kao is a graduate of Shih Hsin Vocational College, which later became Shih Hsin University.

Political career

Kao was elected to the

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in 2004 after having served on the Taipei City Council. In 2007, he was involved repeated altercations with Kuomintang legislator

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. In May, the Kuomintang accused Kao of slander for his comments on the party's assets. Kao and Yu Jane-daw filed a separate lawsuit against former Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou for allowing a private organization to use public land for profit. Kao was an early supporter of Frank Hsieh's 2008 presidential campaign. Hsieh was eventually named the

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's nominee, but lost the office to KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou. Kao's own legislative reelection campaign was opposed by a coalition of LGBT rights activists, and he lost to KMT opponent

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. Later, Kao served as the Democratic Progressive Party's deputy secretary-general. He lent support to the independent presidential campaign of activist , but she dropped out in September 2011, before the registration deadline for the 2012 election. Kao was named a DPP legislative candidate for New Taipei's 11th district in the same election cycle, but was again defeated, this time by Lo Ming-tsai. Kao returned to the government in 2018, as the deputy minister of the Overseas Community Affairs Council.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kao, Chien-chih 1953 births Living people Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from New Taipei Taipei Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 6th Legislative Yuan Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan Shih Hsin University alumni Government ministers of Taiwan Taipei City Councilors