Hsu Kuo-yung
Taiwanese politician
Hsu Kuo-yung (Chinese: 徐國勇; pinyin: Xú Guóyǒng; born 7 June 1958) is a Taiwanese politician and media personality who is currently the Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party since 2025. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2008, and again in 2016. Hsu served as the minister of Interior from 2018 to 2022. Later, Hsu become the host for the FTV News political program "National Bravest" from 2023 to 2025.
Education
Hsu obtained his bachelor's degree in law from National Chung Hsing University. He then earned a Master of Arts in law from National Taiwan Ocean University.
Political careers
Hsu served as the Taipei City councillor in 2002 until his inauguration as the member of the Legislative Yuan, in 2005, of the 1st constituency of Taipei City.
2008 legislative election
Eligible voters: 280,614
Total votes cast (Ratio): 171,665 (61.17%)
Valid Votes (Ratio): 169,272 (98.61%)
Invalid Votes (Ratio): 2,393 (1.39%)
In 2016, he returned as a member of the member of the Legislative Yuan for the DPP proportional representation constituency.
In October 2016, after the resignation of the Executive Yuan spokesperson Tong Cheng-yuan, whose role was transferred to National Security Council, Hsu resigned his membership in the Legislative Yuan and succeeded Tong as the spokesperson. Chiu Tai-yuan succeeded Hsu's legislative membership.
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