George Hsieh

George Hsieh (Chinese: 謝國樑; pinyin: Xiè Guóliáng; Wade–Giles: Hsieh Kuo-liang; born 5 October 1975) is a Taiwanese politician. He is currently the Mayor of Keelung City since 25 December 2022.

George Hsieh
謝國樑
Hsieh Kuo-liang
Mayor of Keelung
Assumed office
25 December 2022
DeputyQiu Peilin
Preceded byLin Yu-chang
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2005 – 1 February 2016
Succeeded byTsai Shih-ying
ConstituencyKeelung
Personal details
Born (1975-10-05) 5 October 1975
Keelung, Taiwan
Political partyKuomintang (since 2006)
Other political
affiliations		People First Party (until 2006)
SpouseKuo Chung-wei

Education and non-political career

After earning a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Southern California, Hsieh attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1] He previously worked for The China Post and founded Hualien Media International.[2]

Political career

Hsieh renounced US citizenship to join the 2004 legislative elections as a member of the People First Party.[3] He joined the Kuomintang in 2006, and represented Keelung in the Legislative Yuan until 2016. In 2009, he proposed an amendment to the Computer-Processed Personal Data Protection Act that would make it legal for elected officials to examine personal records without informing the individual subject to investigation.[4] The next year, Hsieh was named the co-chair of the Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee.[5] In 2013, Next Magazine reported that he and a small group of legislators had been subject to wiretapping by the Ministry of Justice since 2011.[6] Hsieh was the party's top choice to run for the mayoralty of Keelung City in 2014, after original candidate Huang Ching-tai's nomination had been withdrawn.[7] He repeatedly refused the mayoral nomination and campaigned for Hsieh Li-kung instead.[8][9] In February 2015, George Hsieh announced that he would not seek reelection, because his party had been soundly defeated in the November 2014 local elections.[10]

In May 2022, the Kuomintang nominated Hsieh as its candidate for the Keelung mayoralty in the local elections.[11] Hsieh defeated Democratic Progressive Party candidate and legislator Tsai Shih-ying.[12]

References
  1. "Who's Who in the ROC" (PDF). Executive Yuan. p. 183. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. Yang, Sophia (26 November 2022). "Media mogul, KMT nominee, Hsieh Kuo-liang elected Keelung City mayor". Taiwan News. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. Gerber, Abraham (22 February 2015). "Keelung legislator will not run again". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  4. Huang, Shelley (10 March 2009). "'Big Brother' bill stirs up DPP anger". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  5. Wang, Flora (4 March 2010). "Pan-blues to head all 16 committees at Legislative Yuan". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  6. Shih, Hsiu-chuan; Chang, Rich (24 October 2013). "Wiretapped lawmakers want answers". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  7. "Hsieh Li-kung says likely to stand for KMT in Keelung". Taipei Times. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  8. Hsiao, Alison (12 July 2014). "Legislator evades Keelung draft". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  9. Gerber, Abraham (22 February 2015). "Keelung legislator will not run again". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  10. Shih, Hsiu-chuan (11 July 2015). "KMT's Hau Lung-bin to run in Keelung". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  11. Teng, Pei-ju (25 May 2022). "KMT selects Legislator Chiang Wan-an as candidate for Taipei mayor". Central News Agency. Retrieved 26 May 2022. Republished as "Chiang Wan-an named as KMT pick for Taipei mayor". Taipei Times. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  12. Lin, Sean (26 November 2022). "ELECTIONS 2022/KMT's Hsieh Kuo-liang claims win in Keelung mayoral election". Central News Agency. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
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