Huang Erh-hsuan

In this Chinese name, the family name is Huang (黃).

Huang Erh-hsuan MLY
黃爾璇
National Policy Advisor to the President
In office 20 May 2016 – 9 February 2019
President	Tsai Ing-wen
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 1993 – 31 January 2002
Constituency	Republic of China
Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party
In office 28 November 1986 – 28 November 1988
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Chang Chun-hung
Personal details
Born	(1936-03-05)5 March 1936 Tainan Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan
Died	9 February 2019(2019-02-09) (aged 82) Xindian, New Taipei, Taiwan
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party (since 1986)
Education	National Taiwan University (BA) National Chengchi University (PhD)

Huang Erh-hsuan (Chinese: 黃爾璇; 5 March 1936 – 9 February 2019) was a Taiwanese politician. He served in the Legislative Yuan 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.^[1] He later taught at NCCU, Soochow University and National Chung Hsing University. Huang wrote for the Independence Evening Post and published CommonWealth Magazine.^[2]

Political career

Huang was a member of the Democratic Progressive Party's New Tide faction,^[3] and was the party's first secretary general between 1986 and 1988. He was elected to three terms on the Legislative Yuan 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.^[4]

Death

Huang died of heart failure on 9 February 2019, aged 82.^[5] 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.^[6]

References

1. "Huang Erh-hsuan (4)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
2. "Huang Erh-hsuan (3)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
3. "Constructive Controversies". Taiwan Today. 1 December 1989. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
4. Tsai, Ting-i (13 May 2002). "Internet radio station launches". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
5. Shih, Hsiu-chuan (9 February 2019). "President Tsai expresses sadness at death of DPP founding member". Central News Agency. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
6. Chen, Yu-fu (23 April 2019). "Ministry implicated in Huang firing". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2019.