Huang Min-hui (; ) is a Taiwanese politician. She was a member of the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel v ...

from 1999 to 2005. Her tenure as vice chairperson of the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Ta ...

(2008–16) overlapped with two terms as

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of Chiayi City (2005–14).

Education

Huang received her bachelor's degree in Chinese literature from

National Taiwan Normal University National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU; ), or ''Shīdà'' is an institution of higher education and normal school operating out of three campuses in Taipei, Taiwan. NTNU is the leading research institute in such disciplines as Education and ...

and her master's degree in business administration from

National Chiayi University National Chiayi University (NCYU; ) is a public university located in Chiayi City and Chiayi County, Taiwan. It was formed in 2000 by merging National Chiayi Institute of Technology and National Chiayi Teachers College. The University has s ...

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.

2009 Chiayi City mayor election

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

2018 Chiayi City mayor election

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

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. On 27 January 2016 Huang declared her candidacy for the KMT chairperson by-election. She submitted a petition of 67,926 signatures to the party on 22 February, to officially register as a candidate. The party confirmed 37,780 of those signatures on 26 February, validating her candidacy. Huang won 46,341 votes, finishing second in the election held on March 26.

2016 KMT chairmanship election

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* Living people 1959 births Chiayi City Members of the Legislative Yuan Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Members of the 4th Legislative Yuan Members of the 5th Legislative Yuan Members of the 6th Legislative Yuan Mayors of Chiayi National Taiwan Normal University alumni Women mayors of places in Taiwan Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Chiayi County Chairpersons of the Kuomintang {{Taiwan-mayor-stub