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Huang Chih-ta

Taiwanese politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ99439718
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Huang Chih-ta (Chinese: 黃致達; pinyin: Huáng Zhìdá; born 28 February 1972) is a Taiwanese politician.

Early life and family

Huang Chi-ta's maternal grandfather Lin Tsai-ling was a banker in Yilan County who was killed during the aftermath of 228 incident, as National Revolutionary Army personnel landed in Yilan. Huang was born on 28 February 1972, the 25th anniversary of the 228 incident.

Huang Chi-ta earned bachelor's degree from National Chengchi University, followed by a master's degree from Tamkang University.

Political career

Huang was deputy director of the Democratic Progressive Party's Department of International Affairs. During Su Tseng-chang's tenure as chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party from 2012 to 2014, Huang was a deputy leader of the party's Central Committee. He then joined Su's Eball Foundation. Within the Lin Chuan cabinet, Huang worked for vice premier Lin Hsi-yao. While William Lai held the premiership, Huang served as Lai's office director. He left the position to aid the 2018 New Taipei mayoral campaign of Su Tseng-chang.

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The public source identifies “Huang Chih-ta” as taiwanese politician. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Huang, Chih-ta and Taiwanese.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1972, 2012, 2014, 2018—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1972-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Huang, Chih-ta and Taiwanese providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q99439718. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1972, 2012, 2014 and 2018.

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This entry incorporates text from Huang Chih-ta” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.