Huang Jie (politician)

Huang Jie
黃捷
Official portrait, 2018
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Assumed office
1 February 2024
Preceded byChao Tien-lin
ConstituencyKaohsiung VI
Kaohsiung City Councillor
In office
25 December 2018 – 31 January 2024
ConstituencyDistrict 9 (Fongshan)
Personal details
Born (1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 31)
Fongshan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party (2023–present)
Other political
affiliations
New Power Party (2018–2020)
Independent (2020–2023)
EducationNational Taiwan University (BS)

Huang Jie (Chinese: 黃捷; pinyin: Huáng Jié; Wade–Giles: Huang2 Chieh2; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Chia̍p, born 19 January 1993) is a Taiwanese politician and a former member of the New Power Party. She was elected to the Kaohsiung City Council in 2018, representing Fongshan District. Huang is known for questioning the policies of former Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu.[1][2] In the 2024 Taiwanese legislative election, she was elected to the Legislative Yuan as a candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party to represent the sixth constituency of Kaohsiung, making her the first openly gay member of the chamber.[3]

  1. ^ Ko Yu-hao; William Hetherington (6 May 2019). "Online searches for Han's free economic zone surge". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  2. ^ "藍委挺韓國瑜嗆她該多做功課 黃捷霸氣反擊網友讚爆" (in Chinese). 7 May 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference gay was invoked but never defined (see the help page).