Liu Kuo-tsai (; 1911–1993) was a Taiwanese politician. Elected to 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 four-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a ...

in 1969, he was named deputy speaker in 1972. In 1988, he became the acting

President of the Legislative Yuan The president of the Legislative Yuan is the presiding officer of the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China. The incumbent president is Han Kuo-yu, a legislator from the Kuomintang. Election The president is elected by and from among al ...

. The interim designation was removed early next year and Liu stepped down from the position in 1990.

Political career

Born in Miaoli, Taiwan in 1911, Liu graduated from

Kyoto Imperial University , or , is a national research university in Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 1897, it is one of the former Imperial Universities and the second oldest university in Japan. The university has ten undergraduate faculties, eighteen graduate schools, and t ...

before studying law at

Kwansei Gakuin University , colloquially known as , is a private, non-denominational Christian coeducational university in Japan. The university offers Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees to around 25,000 students in almost 40 different disciplines across 11 underg ...

, both in Japan. He was first elected to the

in 1969. On 5 May 1972, Liu was sworn in as

Vice President of the Legislative Yuan The vice president of the Legislative Yuan ( Chinese: 立法院副院長) is the deputy presiding officer of the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China. The current Vice President is Johnny Chiang, a Kuomintang legislator representing the ei ...

Ni Wen-ya Ni Wen-ya (; 2 March 1902 – 3 June 2006) was a Chinese educator and politician who served as 6th President of the Legislative Yuan under 4 presidential administration from 1972 to 1988. He was a member of Tsotanhui Clique within Kuomintang. ...

was elected speaker. He served three terms in that position before running for

in 1989. By 1990, Liu was a senior adviser to President

Lee Teng-hui Lee Teng-hui (; pinyin: ''Lǐ Dēnghuī''; 15 January 192330 July 2020) was a Taiwanese politician and agricultural scientist who served as the fourth president of the Republic of China, president of the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan) unde ...

and in October, became a founding member of the

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. On 12 February 1990, Liu announced his resignation from the Legislative Yuan. Liu died in 1993 due to cardiac arrest stemming from

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References

1993 deaths 1911 births Miaoli County Members of the Legislative Yuan Taiwanese presidents of the Legislative Yuan Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Kyoto University alumni Kwansei Gakuin University alumni Senior advisors to President Lee Teng-hui Taiwanese politicians of Hakka descent {{Taiwan-KMT-politician-stub