Kao Tsu-min (; born 1939) is a Taiwanese physician and politician. Kao is a native of

Yunlin County Yunlin County (Mandarin pinyin: ''Yúnlín Xiàn''; Taigi POJ: ''Hûn-lîm-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Yùn-lìm-yen'') is a county in western Taiwan. Yunlin County borders the Taiwan Strait to the west, Nantou County to the east, Changhua County t ...

. After graduating from

Kaohsiung Medical University The Kaohsiung Medical University (KMU; ) is a private medical school located in Sanmin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History The university was originally established as Kaohsiung Medical College in 1954 by the former mayor of Kaohsiung City, Ch ...

, he pursued further study in physiatry at

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

. Kao practiced medicine in the United States, and his medical career in America included a stint at the

White House The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. ...

. He accepted a presidential appointment to 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 ...

, serving from 1990 to 1993, as a representative of overseas Chinese. Kao later joined the People First Party, and in 2011, led a petition to convince party chairman James Soong to run in the

2012 Taiwanese presidential election Presidential elections were held in Taiwan on 14 January 2012. The election was held concurrently with legislative elections. It was the fifth direct election for the President of the Republic of China. Prior to 1996, the President was elected b ...

. During the 2014 Taipei mayoral election, television host commented on allegations of forced organ harvesting against physician and independent candidate Ko Wen-je, additionally making statements about Kao and his wife

Yang Fu-mei Yang Fu-mei (; born 1942) is a Taiwanese politician. Education Yang, a Kaohsiung native, studied pharmacology at Kaohsiung Medical University before earning a master's degree in nutrition at Columbia University in the United States. Political car ...

. Kao and Yang filed a lawsuit against Tsai and network executives in 2015. The first ruling held that there was insufficient evidence for Tsai's comments harming the reputations of Kao or Yang. The Taiwan High Court ordered Tsai to pay compensation to Kao and Yang in 2017, after considering other comments that Tsai had made about them.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:kao, Tsu-min 1939 births Living people 20th-century Taiwanese physicians New York University alumni Kaohsiung Medical University alumni Taiwanese expatriates in the United States People First Party (Taiwan) politicians Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Yunlin County Spouses of Taiwanese politicians