Kao Chien-chih | |
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高建智 | |
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Deputy Minister of Overseas Community Affairs Council of the Republic of China | |
In office 13 February 2018 – 19 May 2020 | |
Minister | Wu Hsin-hsing |
Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
In office 1 February 2005 – 31 January 2008 | |
Constituency | Taipei 1 |
Personal details | |
Born | Taipei County, Taiwan | 17 August 1953
Nationality | Republic of China |
Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
Alma mater | Shih Hsin University |
Occupation | politician |
Kao Chien-chih ( Chinese: 高建智; born 17 August 1953) is a Taiwanese politician.
Kao is a graduate of Shih Hsin Vocational College, which later became Shih Hsin University. [1]
Kao was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2004 after having served on the Taipei City Council. [2] In 2007, he was involved repeated altercations with Kuomintang legislator Chu Fong-chi. [3] [4] In May, the Kuomintang accused Kao of slander for his comments on the party's assets. [5] Kao and Yu Jane-daw filed a separate lawsuit against former Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou for allowing a private organization to use public land for profit. [6] Kao was an early supporter of Frank Hsieh's 2008 presidential campaign. [7] Hsieh was eventually named the Democratic Progressive Party's nominee, but lost the office to KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou. Kao's own legislative reelection campaign was opposed by a coalition of LGBT rights activists, and he lost to KMT opponent Ting Shou-chung. [8] Later, Kao served as the Democratic Progressive Party's deputy secretary-general. [9] He lent support to the independent presidential campaign of activist Ellen Huang , but she dropped out in September 2011, before the registration deadline for the 2012 election. [10] Kao was named a DPP legislative candidate for New Taipei's 11th district in the same election cycle, but was again defeated, this time by Lo Ming-tsai. [11] [12] Kao returned to the government in 2018, as the deputy minister of the Overseas Community Affairs Council. [13]