Huang Kuo-chang

Huang Kuo-chang (Chinese: 黃國昌; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Kok-chhiong, born (1973-08-19)19 August 1973) is a Taiwanese politician, activist, legal scholar, researcher and writer. He is one of the lead figures of the Sunflower Student Movement and joined the New Power Party shortly afterwards. He served as leader of the party from 2015 to 2019, and represented New Taipei City of Xizhi District in the Legislative Yuan on behalf of the NPP between 2016 and 2020.

Not to be confused with Huang Kuo-chung.

Huang Kuo-chang
MLY
黃國昌
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2016 – 31 January 2020
Preceded byLee Ching-hua
Succeeded byLai Pin-yu
ConstituencyNew Taipei XII
Leader of the New Power Party
In office
2 July 2015 – January 2019
As captain until 12 September 2016
Preceded byFreddy Lim
Succeeded byChiu Hsien-chih
Personal details
Born (1973-08-19) 19 August 1973
Xizhi, Taipei County, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyNew Power Party
Alma materTaipei Municipal Jianguo High School
National Taiwan University (B.L.)
Cornell Law School (LL.M)
Cornell Law School (J.S.D)

Early life

Huang Kuo-chang was born into a traditional farming family in Xizhi Township, Taipei County. He graduated from National Taiwan University in 1995, and he continued his education at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York for a master's degree and a doctorate.[1]

Political career

One of the lead figures of the Sunflower Student Movement, Huang joined the New Power Party in May 2015,[2] and was named acting chairperson in July.[3][4] That same month, Huang announced that he would enter the legislative election in 2016 as a New Power Party candidate for the 12th constituency of New Taipei City. The constituency, which includes Xizhi, Ruifang, Jinshan, Wanli, Pingxi, Shuangxi and Gongliao, was represented by incumbent Kuomintang legislator Lee Ching-hua.[5] In September, the NPP announced that Huang would serve on a seven-member committee of party leaders, which included Freddy Lim and Neil Peng.[6] As the Democratic Progressive Party did not fill in candidates in the constituency, in order to support Huang. In the elections held on 16 January 2016, Huang beat the incumbent Lee and won the seat in the legislature.[7] After taking office, Huang was assigned to the Finance Committee.[8]

Court proceedings against 21 protesters began in June 2016. First to be charged with various offenses included Chen Wei-ting, Huang Kuo-chang, and Lin Fei-fan.[9] In a March 2017 Taipei District Court decision, Chen, Huang and Lin were acquitted of incitement charges.[10]

On 16 December 2017, a recall election was held against Huang over his support for same-sex marriage.[11] Votes in favor of the recall outnumbered those against, but fell short of the required threshold, one-fourth of the district's total electorate.[12] Huang stepped down as chairman of the New Power Party in January 2019.[13][14] In June 2019, Huang stated that he would leave the New Power Party if it became a "sidekick" of the Democratic Progressive Party,[15] but he denied that he was forming a new political party.[16] Huang stated in August 2019 that he would support the 2020 legislative campaign of Lai Chia-lun, who sought to succeed Huang as the legislator representing New Taipei 12.[17] Huang was offered a position on the New Power proportional representation party list.[18] Though the party backed his return to the Legislative Yuan,[19] it later explored drafting Huang to contest the 2020 Taiwan presidential election.[20][21] Huang refused to stand in the election,[22] and the New Power Party later announced that it would not nominate a presidential candidate.[23] Huang was ranked fourth on the New Power Party list of at-large legislative candidates.[24] The NPP won over seven percent of the party list vote, allowing only three at-large legislative candidates to take office.[25]

Publications
  • Journal Articles
    • Kuo-Chang Huang, Kong-Pin Chen, Chang-Ching Lin, 2015, "Party Capability versus Court Preference: Why do the "Haves" Come Out Ahead?－An Empirical Lesson from the Taiwan Supreme Court", JOURNAL OF LAW ECONOMICS & ORGANIZATION, 31(1), 93–126. (SSCI) (IF: 1.036; SSCI ranking: 37.7%,30.5%)
    • Kuo-Chang Huang, Chang-Ching Lin, & Kong-Pin Chen, 2014, "Do Rich and Poor Behave Similarly in Seeking Legal Advice? Lessons from Taiwan in Comparative Perspective", LAW & SOCIETY REVIEW, 48(1), 193–223. (SSCI) (IF: 1.31; SSCI ranking: 22.1%,21.2%)
    • Kuo-Chang Huang & Chang-Ching Lin, 2014, "Mock Jury Trials in Taiwan—Paving theGround for Introducing Lay Participation", LAW AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR, 38(4), 367–377. (SSCI) (IF: 2.153; SSCI ranking: 7.6%,16.7%)
  • Book Chapters
    • Kuo-Chang Huang, accepted, "The Effect of Stakes on Settlement—An Empirical Lesson from Taiwan", editor(s): THEODORE EISENBERG, GIOVANNI BATTISTA RAMELLO EDS, RESEARCH HANDBOOKS IN COMPARATIVE LAW AND ECONOMICS, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Kuo-Chang Huang, accepted, "Using Associations as a Vehicle for Class Action—The Case of Taiwan", editor(s): Deborah Hensler, CHRIST HODGE EDS, CLASS ACTION IN CONTEXT, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing
  • Conference Papers
    • Kuo-Chang Huang, 2014, "The Impacts of Judicial Reform in Taiwan", paper presented at 4th Brazilian Jurimetrics Conference, Brazil: Brazilian Jurimetrics Association, 2014-05-12 ~ 2014-05-16.[26]

References
  1. Academia Sinica
  2. "Sunflower Movement leader Huang Kuo-chang could join legislative race". Formosa News. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  3. Loa, Lok-sin (9 July 2015). "NPP reveals 'two-state' China policy". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  4. "林昶佐請辭時代力量總隊長 黃國昌代理拚選戰". People News (in Chinese). 2 July 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  5. Loa, Lok-sin (28 July 2015). "Huang Kuo-chang announces run for legislature". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  6. Chen, Wei-han (14 September 2015). "New Power Party announces leadership structure". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  7. "NPP's Huang beats KMT in New Taipei's 12th district". China Post. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  8. Gerber, Abraham (23 February 2016). "Rules on committee members selection irk NPP lawmakers". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  9. Pan, Jason (15 June 2016). "Sunflower leaders to face justice system 'head-on'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  10. Hou, Elaine; Wang, Yang-yu; Liu, Shih-yi (31 March 2017). "Sunflower movement leaders acquitted over legislature occupation". Central News Agency. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  11. "Taiwan Sunflower Movement leader survives recall vote over same-sex marriage". Taiwan News. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  12. Lin, Sean (17 December 2017). "Vote to recall NPP chairman fails". Taipei Times. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  13. Su, Lung-chi; Chen, Chu-hua; Wang, Flor. "Huang Kuo-chang quits as NPP chairman". Central News Agency. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  14. Maxon, Ann (22 January 2019). "Huang not to seek re-election as NPP chairman". Taipei Times. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  15. Peng, Wan-hsin; Hetherington, William (9 June 2019). "Ex-NPP chair says party not DPP sidekick". Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  16. Maxon, Ann (11 June 2019). "NPP's Huang denies he is establishing a new party". Taipei Times. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  17. Maxon, Ann (15 August 2019). "Huang backs his office director for legislative run". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  18. Ann, Maxon (21 August 2019). "Not interested in returning to be NPP chair: Chiu". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  19. Maxon, Ann (29 August 2019). "Legislature the goal for Huang Kuo-chang: NPP chair". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  20. Liao, George (18 September 2019). "NPP to nominate candidate for Taiwan presidency". Taiwan News. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  21. Maxon, Ann (12 September 2019). "NPP eyes Huang Kuo-chang as presidential pick". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  22. Maxon, Ann (20 September 2019). "NPP's Huang says not interested in the presidency". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  23. Maxon, Ann (25 September 2019). "NPP to refrain from selecting candidate for presidential poll". Taipei Times. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  24. Maxon, Ann (6 December 2019). "Huang Kuo-chang deflects prediction of no at-large seat". Taipei Times. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  25. Lee, I-chia (12 January 2020). "2020 Elections: Taiwan People's Party tops among 'third force' parties". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  26. Academia Sinica Research Professors
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