Hsieh Kuo-liang

Hsieh Kuo-liang
謝國樑
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2005 – 1 February 2016
Succeeded by Tsai Shih-ying
Constituency Keelung
Personal details
Born (1975-10-05) 5 October 1975
Keelung, Taiwan
Political party Kuomintang
Alma mater University of Southern California
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Hsieh Kuo-liang (traditional Chinese: 謝國樑; simplified Chinese: 谢国梁; pinyin: Xiè Guóliáng; Wade–Giles: Hsieh Kuo-liang; born 5 October 1975) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education

After earning a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Southern California, Hsieh attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1]

Political career

A member of the Kuomintang, Hsieh represented Keelung in the Legislative Yuan until 2016. In 2009, he proposed an amendment to the Computer-Processed Personal Data Protection Act that would make it legal for elected officials to examine personal records without informing the individual subject to investigation.[2] The next year, Hsieh was named the co-chair of the Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee.[3] In 2013, Next Magazine reported that he and a small group of legislators had been subject to wiretapping by the Ministry of Justice since 2011.[4] Hsieh was the party's top choice to run for the mayoralty of Keelung City in 2014, after original candidate Huang Ching-tai's nomination had been withdrawn.[5] He repeatedly refused the mayoral nomination and campaigned for Hsieh Li-kung instead.[6][7] In February 2015, Hsieh Kuo-liang announced that he would not seek reelection, because his party had been soundly defeated in the November 2014 local elections.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Who's Who in the ROC" (PDF). Executive Yuan. p. 183. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Huang, Shelley (10 March 2009). "'Big Brother' bill stirs up DPP anger". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Wang, Flora (4 March 2010). "Pan-blues to head all 16 committees at Legislative Yuan". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Shih, Hsiu-chuan; Chang, Rich (24 October 2013). "Wiretapped lawmakers want answers". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Hsieh Li-kung says likely to stand for KMT in Keelung". Taipei Times. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  6. ↑ Hsiao, Alison (12 July 2014). "Legislator evades Keelung draft". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  7. ↑ Gerber, Abraham (22 February 2015). "Keelung legislator will not run again". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  8. ↑ Shih, Hsiu-chuan (11 July 2015). "KMT's Hau Lung-bin to run in Keelung". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 January 2016.


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