Huang Jie
KCC
黃捷
Official portrait, 2018
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Assuming office
1 February 2024
SucceedingChao Tien-lin
ConstituencyKaohsiung VI
Kaohsiung City Council
Assumed office
25 December 2018
ConstituencyDistrict 9 (Fongshan)
Personal details
Born (1993-01-19) 19 January 1993
Fongshan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party (2023–present)
Other political
affiliations		New Power Party (2018–2020)
Independent (2020–2023)
Alma materNational Taiwan University

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 LGBT member of the chamber.[3]

Early life

Huang graduated from Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Girls' Senior High School and attended National Taiwan University, where she received a degree in public health and sociology. After graduating, she was admitted to the graduate program at the Institute of Environmental Health at National Taiwan University, but soon took leave of the program to be a journalist and later a legislative assistant for the New Power Party. After returning to the program and taking a second leave of absence, she returned to Fongshan to run for city council.[4]

Kaohsiung City Council

Huang in 2020

Huang is known for criticizing Han Kuo-yu's plan to establish a free economic zone in Kaohsiung in a viral video where she rolled her eyes after Han seemed unable or unwilling to give details about his plan.[5][6] She left the New Power Party on August 26, 2020.[7]

On February 6, 2021, she faced an unsuccessful Kuomintang-led recall attempt, with 65,256 voting against the recall versus 55,394 voting in favor and a 41.54% turnout; furthermore the number of votes in favor of the recall did not meet the required threshold of 25% of eligible voters, or 72,892 votes. The recall attempt was viewed by Huang's supporters as retaliation for her role in the successful recall of former mayor Han Kuo-yu.[8]

Legislative Yuan

In August 2023, Huang joined the Democratic Progressive Party and became its candidate for the Legislative Yuan representing Kaohsiung city's sixth constituency for the 2024 Taiwanese legislative election held on 13 January. She obtained 113,670 votes (51.01%) against the Kuomintang's Chen Mei-ya, and the Formosa Alliance's Kuo Pei-hung. Huang also became the first openly LGBT candidate to be elected to the Legislative Yuan.[3]

References

  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. 1 2 "Huang Jie becomes Taiwan's first openly gay legislator". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  4. ↑ 賴怡君 (2 August 2018). "時代力量最年輕的參選人 黃捷：我很想讓高雄青年都回鄉工作". 信傳媒. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "INTERVIEW: 'Eye-roll goddess' lambasts Han Kuo-yu's leadership". Taipei Times. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "Candidate Seeks Closer China Ties, Shaking Up Taiwan's Presidential Race". New York Times. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "妹淪人頭黨員被投票 黃捷宣布退出時代力量". Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  8. ↑ Wang, Shwu-fen; Lee, Hsin-yin. "Kaohsiung city councilor survives recall vote". Retrieved 6 February 2021.
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