Hsu Shu-hua (; born 15 October 1975) is a Taiwanese politician serving as magistrate of

Nantou County Nantou is the second largest County (Taiwan), county of Taiwan by area, located in the central part of the country. It is also the only non-coastal county in Taiwan. Its name derives from the Hoanya people, Hoanya Taiwanese aborigines, Taiwanese ...

. From 2002 to 2006, she was a member of the Nantou County Council. Hsu then served as mayor of Nantou City until 2014. She subsequently won a by-election to the Legislative Yuan. Hsu vacated her legislative seat in 2022 to take office as magistrate of Nantou County. Another Taiwanese politician also named Hsu Shu-hua is a Taipei City Councilor, representing the

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Early life and education

Hsu was born on 15 October 1975. She graduated from Nan Kai University of Technology with a degree in industrial management and earned a

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(M.B.A.) from Feng Chia University.

Political career

Hsu was elected to the Nantou County Council in 2002, and became mayor of Nantou City in 2006. While mayor of Nantou, she was elected to the

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Central Standing Committee in 2011. She served as mayor until 2014, and was named a representative to the Legislative Yuan in a

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, taking office on 16 February 2015. With the support of Wu Den-yih, Hsu won a full legislative term in January 2016. In April, Hsu was named a deputy secretary-general of the Kuomintang. That September, she won a drawing over Tuan Yi-kang to become co-convener of the legislature's Organic Laws and Statutes Committee alongside Yu Mei-nu. In May 2022, the Kuomintang nominated Hsu as its candidate for the Nantou magistracy in the local elections. Hsu defeated

candidate Frida Tsai and political independent Wang Yung-ching, necessitating a by-election for her legislative constituency.

Political stances

Hsu supports strengthening laws against fraud and proposed an amendment to the Criminal Code in 2016 intending to bring fraud committed abroad by Taiwanese citizens under the jurisdiction of Taiwanese authorities. In December 2016, she proposed an amendment to the Civil Code in regards to same-sex marriage in Taiwan, retaining gendered terms in the code's Article 972, but at the same time introduced language to recognize partners of a same-sex union. In July 2017,

member Chiu Yi-ying tried to break up a group of

members who were protesting the Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program. Hsu Shu-hua was the first to stop Chiu from interfering with the protest.

Personal life

Hsu owns a collection of Smurfs memorabilia.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hsu, Shu-hua 1975 births Living people Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Nantou County Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 8th Legislative Yuan Members of the 9th Legislative Yuan Women mayors of places in Taiwan Feng Chia University alumni Members of the 10th Legislative Yuan 21st-century Taiwanese women politicians