Huang Min-hui

Huang Min-hui (Chinese: 黃敏惠; pinyin: Huáng Mǐnhuì; born 20 January 1959) is a Taiwanese politician. She was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2005. Her tenure as vice chairperson of the Kuomintang (2008–16) overlapped with two terms as Mayor of Chiayi City (2005–14).

Huang Min-hui
黃敏惠
Mayor of Chiayi City
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 December 2018
Preceded by	Twu Shiing-jer
In office 20 December 2005 – 25 December 2014
Deputy	Lee Si-jin[1]
Preceded by	Chen Li-chen
Succeeded by	Twu Shiing-jer
Chairperson of the Kuomintang Interim
In office 16 January 2016 – 30 March 2016
Preceded by	Eric Chu
Succeeded by	Hung Hsiu-chu
Vice Chairperson of Kuomintang
In office 22 November 2008 – 16 January 2016 Serving with Hau Lung-pin
Chairman	Wu Po-hsiung Ma Ying-jeou Eric Chu
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 1999 – 20 December 2005
Succeeded by	Chiang Yi-hsiung
Constituency	Chiayi
Personal details
Born	(1959-01-20) 20 January 1959 Dongshi, Chiayi County, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwan (Republic of China)
Political party	Kuomintang
Alma mater	National Taiwan Normal University National Chiayi University

Education

Huang received her bachelor's degree in Chinese literature from National Taiwan Normal University and her master's degree in business administration from National Chiayi University.[2]

Chiayi City Mayorship

2005 Chiayi City mayor election

Huang was elected as the Mayor of Chiayi City on 3 December 2005 and took office on 20 December 2005.[3]

2005 Chiayi City Mayoralty Election Result
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Chen Li-chen	DPP	62,122	45.37%
2	Huang Min-hui	KMT	74,786	54.63%

2009 Chiayi City mayor election

She was elected to her second mayoral term on 5 December 2009 and took office on 20 December 2009.[4]

2009 Chiayi City Mayoralty Election Result
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Huang Min-hui	KMT	69,962	52.20%
2	Lin Sheng-fen (林聖芬)	Independent	2,801	2.09%
3	Twu Shiing-jer	DPP	61,268	45.71%

2018 Chiayi City mayor election

Huang announced her candidacy for the Chiayi mayoral primary in January 2018.[5]

2018 Kuomintang Chiayi City mayoral primary results
Candidates	Place	Results
Huang Min-hui	Nominated	Results not released
Jack Lee	2nd	Results not released

2018 Chiayi City mayoral results
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Hsiao Shui-li	Independent	25,572	17.98%
2	Huang Min-hui	Kuomintang	58,558	41.18%
3	Huang Hung Chen Taiwan Ah Chen World Great Person Rich President (黃宏成台灣阿成 世界偉人財神總統)	Independent	1,822	1.28%
4	Twu Shiing-jer	Democratic Progressive Party	56,256	39.56%
Total voters			212,843
Valid votes			142,208
Invalid votes
Voter turnout			66.81%

Kuomintang

Huang Min-hui was appointed acting chairperson of the KMT on 18 January 2016 after Eric Chu resigned to accept responsibility for the KMT's poor results in the 2016 presidential and legislative election.[6] On 27 January 2016 Huang declared her candidacy for the KMT chairperson by-election.[7] She submitted a petition of 67,926 signatures to the party on 22 February, to officially register as a candidate.[8] The party confirmed 37,780 of those signatures on 26 February, validating her candidacy.[9] Huang won 46,341 votes, finishing second in the election held on March 26.[10]

2016 KMT chairmanship election

2016 Kuomintang chairmanship election
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage	Result
1	Hung Hsiu-chu	Kuomintang	78,829	56.16%
2	Huang Min-hui	Kuomintang	46,341	33.02%
3	Lee Hsin	Kuomintang	7,604	5.42%
4	Apollo Chen	Kuomintang	6,784	4.83%
Total votes			337,351
Turnout			41.61%

References

1. "Deputy Mayor-Chiayi City Government". Chiayi.gov.tw. 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
2. "Who's Who in the ROC" (PDF). p. 92. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
3. Shih, Hsiu-chuan (4 December 2005). "KMT makes history in Chiayi City". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
4. "Almost the status quo" (PDF). Taipei Times. 6 December 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
5. Hsu, Stacy (28 January 2018). "Chiayi mayoral race heats up as Huang joins primary". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
6. "Eric Chu appoints Huang Min-hui as interim KMT chair". Taipei Times. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
7. "KMT acting chairperson to bid for party leadership (update)". Focus Taiwan. Central News Agency. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
8. "Four register for KMT chairman race". Taipei Times. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
9. Hsieh, Chia-chen; Low, Y.F. (26 February 2016). "Four qualified to run for KMT chairmanship". Central News Agency. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
10. Hsiao, Alison (27 March 2016). "Hung elected KMT's first chairwoman". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 March 2016.

Party political offices
Preceded by Eric Chu	Chairperson of the Kuomintang Interim 16 January 2016 – 26 March 2016	Succeeded by Hung Hsiu-chu