Yu Hao (politician)

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Yu Hao
游顥
Official portrait, 2024
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Assumed office
1 February 2024
Preceded byFrida Tsai
ConstituencyNantou County II
Nantou County Councilor
In office
25 December 2018 – 31 January 2024
ConstituencyDistrict 4 (LuguZhushan)
Personal details
Born (1983-09-11) 11 September 1983 (age 40)
Zhushan, Nantou, Taiwan
Political partyKuomintang
Alma materNational Chung Cheng University
National Cheng Kung University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese游顥

Yu Hao (born 11 September 1983) is a Taiwanese politician. He served on the Nantou County Council from 2018 to 2024, when he was elected to the Legislative Yuan.

Early life[edit]

Yu Hao is a son of a police officer,[1] raised in a single-parent household.[2] He served in the 101st Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion,[2][3] and graduated from National Chung Cheng University and National Cheng Kung University.[3]

Political career[edit]

Early political career[edit]

Yu represented the Kuomintang in the 2014 Taiwanese local elections, and was not elected to the Nantou County Council.[4][5]

Yu opposed the removal of Hung Hsiu-chu as the Kuomintang's candidate for the 2016 presidential election.[6][7] He continued to work for Hung during her tenure as Kuomintang leader.[8]

Yu contested the 2018 local elections, winning a seat on the Nantou County Council representing the multi-member fourth district.[9] He was the leading vote-getter in the same district during the 2022 election cycle.[1][10] That same year, Yu was also elected to the Kuomintang's Central Standing Committee.[11]

Legislative Yuan[edit]

Yu was considered a potential candidate for the 2023 Nantou by-election before the Kuomintang called in Lin Ming-chen.[12][13] Yu won over 70,000 votes in the 2024 legislative election defeating incumbent Democratic Progressive Party legislator Frida Tsai and independent candidate Chen Kuei-yu in the Legislative Yuan's Nantou II constituency.[14][15] His campaign was backed by Nantou magistrate Hsu Shu-hua and performed well in the townships of Lugu and Zhushan.[16] Yu also benefited from a split vote within the Pan-Green Coalition, as Chen had left the Democratic Progressive Party to mount an independent campaign.[17]

Personal life[edit]

Yu married Huang Zi-chien on 31 January 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, their wedding ceremony was postponed to the following month.[18]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 謝, 介裕 (14 January 2024). "國民黨游顥收復二選區失土 南投選委會︰不用補選議員". Liberty Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b 黑, 中亮 (25 January 2024). "新國會臉譜/議會戰到國會 游顥要打造更美好家鄉". United Daily News (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 March 2024. Republished by National Chung Cheng University
  3. ^ a b "游顥" (in Chinese). Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  4. ^ 林, 芳如 (2 June 2017). "黨魁參選同志座談 吳敦義派換柱大將出席". China Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  5. ^ "2014-11 縣市議員 南投縣 第04選區[區域] 候選人". Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  6. ^ Hsu, Stacy (18 October 2015). "Presidential Election: Huge majority in favor of Hung's removal". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  7. ^ "EDITORIAL: KMT congress' vote undemocratic". Taipei Times. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  8. ^ Hsiao, Alison (19 February 2017). "Contradictory polls unsettle Hung". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  9. ^ "南投縣縣議員、鄉鎮市長當選名單". Liberty Times (in Chinese). 25 November 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  10. ^ "第4選舉區 總得票". Liberty Times (in Chinese). November 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Legislator Fu Kun-chi strongly elected to KMT decision-making body". Central News Agency. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2024. Republished as "Fu wins big in board vote". Taipei Times. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  12. ^ "By-election for Nantou legislative seat scheduled for March 4". Central News Agency. 26 December 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2024. Republished as: "By-election for Hsu's Nantou seat set for March 4". Taipei Times. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  13. ^ "南投立委補選 國民黨通過徵召林明溱參戰". Central News Agency. 4 January 2023. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023.
  14. ^ 賴, 香珊 (15 January 2024). "南投選舉補助款 新科立委游顥獲210萬最多、議員缺不補". United Daily News (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  15. ^ 蕭, 博陽 (13 January 2024). "游顥收復南投第2選區立委 恢復國民黨「鐵三角」" (in Chinese). Central News Agency. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  16. ^ 蕭, 博陽 (13 January 2024). "游顥後來居上擊敗蔡培慧 收復南投濁水溪線". Central News Agency. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  17. ^ 蕭, 博陽 (25 November 2023). "南投2席立委藍綠各擅勝場 挑戰者也有機會" (in Chinese). Central News Agency. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  18. ^ 高, 堂堯 (25 May 2021). "380桌婚宴因疫2延!發2600張喜帖還是辦不成 新人已撒20萬". ETToday. Retrieved 5 March 2024.