Huang Jong-tsun (born 30 March 1947) is a Taiwanese psychologist and politician who serves as the current President of the Examination Yuan. Prior to assuming his current role, Huang had served as President of China Medical University from 2005 to 2014 and

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from 2002 and 2004. He is the first President of the Examination Yuan not affiliated with any political party.

Biography

Huang was born to a family in Tianzhong Town of

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on 30 March 1947. He once attended the Jingxiu National School. After graduating from the Yuanlin High School in 1965, he got accepted to the

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, where he earned a

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. As an

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, he initially studied history, but it was changed to

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about a year later. In 1976, he earned a Ph.D. from National Taiwan University. He became a professor after obtaining his doctorate. Huang entered politics in 1996, the year when he was appointed director for the Ministry of Science and Technology. He was then promoted in February 2002 to

, a position he held until 20 May 2004. Huang was appointed president of China Medical University in August 2005, having served until 12 February 2014. He resigned following a row during a Legislative Yuan session with Chen Ting-fei, a

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lawmaker representing

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, over his alleged

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for assuming chancellorship of the China Medical University months after resigning as Minister of Education. About 500 academics and students from the China Medical University signed a

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pleading Huang to reconsider his decision after he tendered resignation, which the

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of the university initially rejected. Huang was invited and nominated by President

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to serve as President of the Examination Yuan on 29 May 2020. His nomination was confirmed by the

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on 10 July 2020 in a 65-3 vote.

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from both the

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and the

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boycotted the vote, whereas the

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caucus voted against the nominations. Huang was sworn into office on 1 September 2020.

References

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