Hsu Shu-hua

Hsu Shu-hua (Chinese: 許淑華; pinyin: Xǔ Shúhuá; Wade–Giles: Hsü³ Shu²-hua²; born 15 October 1975) is a Taiwanese politician, serving as a legislator representing Nantou County as a Kuomintang (KMT) member.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Hsu.

Hsu Shu-hua MLY
許淑華
Hsu in March 2016
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 February 2015
Preceded by	Lin Ming-chen
Constituency	Nantou 2
Mayor of Nantou City
In office 1 March 2006 – 25 December 2014
Preceded by	Lee Chao-ching Chen Jui-ching (acting)
Succeeded by	Sung Huai-lin
Member of the Nantou County Council
In office 1 March 2002 – 28 February 2006
Personal details
Born	(1975-10-15) 15 October 1975 Nantou Township, Nantou County, Taiwan
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Kuomintang
Alma mater	Feng Chia University
Occupation	politician

Another Taiwanese politician also named Hsu Shu-hua is a Taipei City Councilor, representing the Democratic Progressive Party.

Education

Hsu earned a master's degree in management from Feng Chia University.[1]

Political career

Hsu was elected to the Nantou County Council in 2002, and became mayor of Nantou City in 2006. While mayor of Nantou, she was elected to the Kuomintang Central Standing Committee in 2011.[2] She served as mayor until 2014, and was named a representative to the Legislative Yuan in a by-election, taking office on 16 February 2015.[3][4] With the support of Wu Den-yih, Hsu won a full legislative term in January 2016.[5] In April, Hsu was named a deputy secretary-general of the Kuomintang.[6] That September, she won a drawing over Tuan Yi-kang to become co-convener of the legislature's Organic Laws and Statutes Committee alongside Yu Mei-nu.[7]

Political stances

Hsu supports strengthening laws against fraud and proposed an amendment to the Criminal Code in 2016 intending to bring fraud committed abroad by Taiwanese citizens under the jurisdiction of Taiwanese authorities.[8][9] In December 2016, she proposed an amendment to the Civil Code in regards to same-sex marriage in Taiwan, retaining gendered terms in the code's Article 972, but at the same time introduced language to recognize partners of a same-sex union.[10] In July 2017, Democratic Progressive Party member Chiu Yi-ying tried to break up a group of Kuomintang members who were protesting the Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program. Hsu Shu-hua was the first to stop Chiu from interfering with the protest.[11]

Personal life

Hsu owns a collection of Smurfs memorabilia.[12]

References

1. "Hsu Shu-hua (9)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
2. "KMT elects CSC members". Taipei Times. 4 September 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
3. Hsiao, Alison; Loa, Iok-sin; Chen, Wei-han (8 February 2015). "By-elections: DPP keeps 3 seats, KMT 2". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
4. "Hsu Shu-hua (8)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
5. Chen, Feng-li; Chin, Jonathan (21 January 2016). "KMT's Hung to run for chairpersonship". Retrieved 26 May 2017.
6. Hsiao, Alison (7 April 2016). "Hung rebuffs call for general convenor vote". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
7. Chen, Wei-han (20 September 2016). "KMT limits DPP to 10 convener seats". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
8. "Legislature amends Criminal Code over overseas fraudsters". Taipei Times. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
9. Wang, Amber (27 December 2016). "Beijing targets young fraudsters abroad". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
10. Chen, Wei-han (27 December 2016). "Committee green-lights same-sex marriage draft". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
11. Lin, Sean (14 July 2017). "DPP lawmaker slapped at legislature". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
12. Huang, Hsin-po; Hsieh, Chun-ling; Hertherington, William (19 February 2019). "FEATURE: Lawmakers' collections show personal side". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 February 2019.