Kao Yu-ting (; born 28 March 1985) is a Taiwanese engineer and politician. She joined the

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in 2015, served as party leader from August to November 2020.

Early life and career

Kao was born on 28 March 1985 in

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and was raised in

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/ref> She attended , then enrolled at the National Huwei Institute of Technology, within the department of aeronautical engineering. Kao subsequently completed a master's degree in electrical engineering at the

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. Prior to her political career, Kao worked at the

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Political career

Following the

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, Kao became a member of . Kao joined the

in 2015, and contested the

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seat on the

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on the party's behalf in 2020. Her unsuccessful legislative campaign was backed by

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. Following the mass resignation of acting chair

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and all members of the

's executive council on 5 August 2020, Kao was elected to the body with the second highest vote share, trailing only Claire Wang, and assumed the party leadership with the council's support on 29 August 2020. Kao announced her intention to resign as chair on 3 November 2020. Kao stated that her resignation as chair and from the executive council would take effect upon the inauguration of a new chair. Kao said that she assumed leadership of the party to help the party reform its operations, and resigned because the objective had been achieved. She felt pressured to begin planning for the 2022 elections, but believed that the task was better left to her successor. Kao was replaced by Chen Jiau-hua on 10 November 2020.

Personal life

Kao has two daughters.

References

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