Lo Chih-ming | |
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羅志明 | |
Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
In office 1 February 2002 – 31 January 2008 | |
Succeeded by | Lin Yi-shih |
Constituency | Kaohsiung 2 |
Personal details | |
Born | Wanluan, Pingtung, Taiwan | 13 November 1957
Nationality | Republic of China |
Political party | Kuomintang (until 2001; since 2008) |
Other political affiliations | Taiwan Solidarity Union (2001–2007) |
Alma mater |
National Kaohsiung Normal University St. Cloud State University University of Iowa |
Lo Chih-ming ( Chinese: 羅志明; pinyin: Luó Zhìmíng; born 13 November 1957) is a Taiwanese politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2008.
Lo attended National Kaohsiung Normal University in Taiwan before earning a master's degree from St. Cloud State University. [1] He then earned a doctorate in technology in 1991 at the University of Iowa. [2] [3]
Lo served four terms in the Kaohsiung City Council as a member of the Kuomintang. [1] [4] [5] He joined the Taiwan Solidarity Union upon its founding in 2001 to run for a legislative seat in Kaohsiung. [6] In 2003, TSU legislator Su Ying-kuei was expelled from the party after charging Lo with illegal lobbying. [7] Despite the accusations, Lo won reelection in 2004 by partnering with Democratic Progressive Party candidates during the campaign, [8] and was named one of the TSU's four caucus whips at the start of his second term. [9] In January 2005, Lo dropped out of a TSU chairmanship election, [10] and Shu Chin-chiang was appointed to the position. [11] After participating in an April 2005 protest, Lo was charged with violating the Assembly and Parade Law, and stepped down as whip until he was cleared. [12] In February 2006, Lo declared his candidacy for the Kaohsiung mayoralty. [13] As mayor, Lo said he would increase childcare subsidies, and expand the city's tourism industry. He also proposed an educational program that would offer elementary school textbooks for free. [14] Chen Chu won the office, and Lo returned to the legislature. In his second reelection campaign, Lo originally stood as a Kaohsiung district incumbent, [15] but was named one of the TSU's proportional representation candidates. [16] Listed eighth on a closed party list, Lo was defeated. [17] Shortly after the loss, he rejoined the Kuomintang. [18]
After politics, Lo worked at the Xiamen subsidiary of a biotech company and led a property developer. [19]
In January 2023, Lo was arrested and questioned by prosecutors who alleged that he recruited retired admiral Hsia Fu-hsiang (夏復翔) and others into a mainland Chinese spy ring. A court in Kaohsiung released him on cash bail despite the investigators' request that he remain in custody. [19]