Huang Erh-hsuan

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Huang Erh-hsuan
Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party
In office
28 November 1986 – 28 November 1988
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byChang Chun-hung
Personal details
Born(1936-03-05)5 March 1936
Taiwan, Empire of Japan
Died9 February 2019(2019-02-09) (aged 82)
Xindian, New Taipei, Taiwan
NationalityTaiwanese
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party (since 1986)
Alma materNational Chengchi University
Occupationpolitician

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

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

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.