Huang Hsin-chieh | |
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| 3rd Chairperson of the DPP | |
| In office October 30, 1988 – January 20, 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Yao Chia-wen |
| Succeeded by | Hsu Hsin-liang |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office February 1, 1969 – December 31, 1991 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 20, 1928 Dairyūdōchō, Taihoku City, Taihoku Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Taipei, Taiwan) |
| Died | 30 November 1999 (aged 71) Taipei, Taiwan |
| Resting place | Bali, Taipei |
| Nationality | Taiwanese |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Spouse | Chang Yueh-ching |
| Relatives | Huang Tien-fu (brother) Lan Mei-chin (sister in-law) |
| Education | National Taipei University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Democracy Activist, Publisher, Philanthropist, Politician |
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| Traditional Chinese | 黃信介 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 黃信介 | ||||||||||||
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Huang Hsin-chieh (Chinese: 黃信介; 20 August 1928 – 30 November 1999) was a Taiwanese politician, Taipei city council member, National Assembly representative, Legislative Yuan legislator, publisher of Formosa Magazine[1] and Taiwan Political Theory magazine (台灣政論), senior Dangwai Leader,[2] third chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), and senior adviser to the president of the Republic of China. He was born on August 20, 1928, during the period when Taiwan was under Japanese governance also known to the Japanese as the Japan governance period of Taiwan and was fluent in Japanese and Taiwanese. He married Chang Yueh-ching (張月卿) in 1954 and had four children and adopted sons. They lived in a modest residence on Chongqing N. Rd in Datong District, Taipei City for over three decades.
On November 30, 1999, he died of a heart attack in Taipei at the age of 71.[3] He was buried in Bali District,[4]
President Lee Teng-hui on January 18, 2000, awarded Huang Hsin-chieh the posthumous citation for activities to promote political reform, nation building, and democracy advancement.[5]
Lee's successor Chen Shui-bian established a memorial lecture at the Ketagalan Institute in Huang Hsin-chieh's memory to promote deeper democracy through lectures ranging from constitutional reform[6] to China-Taiwan-US relations.
- ^ Kagan, Richard (2000). Chen Shui-bian Building a community and a nation. Taipei, Taiwan: Asia-Pacific Academic Exchange Foundation. p. 67.
Huang Hsin-chieh was a member of the Legislative Yuan elected from Taipei and the nominal publisher of Formosa.
- ^ Lu, Hsiu-Lien; Esarey, Ashley (2014). My Fight for a New Taiwan - One Woman's Journey from Prison to Power. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-295-99364-5.
Toward the end of the banquet, Kang Ning-hsiang made a brief appearance, followed by that of the most senior Dangwai leader, Legislator Huang Hsin-chieh.
- ^ Lin, Oliver (1 December 1999). "Democracy pioneer dies". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ "Chen makes annual democracy pilgrimage". Taipei Times. 11 December 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ "Commendation citation". Office of the President, Republic of China. Government of the Republic of China.
- ^ "總統參加「黃信介先生紀念講座」". Office of the President, Republic of China. 2004-11-21.