Huang Jie (politician)
{{Short description|Taiwanese politician}}
{{other uses|Huang Jie (disambiguation)}}
{{Expand Chinese|黃捷|date=May 2019|topic=bio}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Huang Jie
| native_name = {{nobold|黃捷}}
| native_name_lang = zh-tw
| honorific-suffix = MLY
| image = File:第十一屆立法委員黃捷肖像.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2024
| office1 = Member of the Legislative Yuan
| term_start1 = 1 February 2024
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = Chao Tien-lin
| successor1 =
| constituency1 = Kaohsiung VI
| office2 = Kaohsiung City Councillor
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| term_start2 = 25 December 2018
| term_end2 = 31 January 2024
| constituency2 = District 9 (Fongshan)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|1|19}}
| birth_place = Fongshan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = Taiwanese
| party = Democratic Progressive Party (2023–present)
New Power Party (2018–2020)
Independent (2020–2023)
| education = National Taiwan University (BS)
}}
Huang Jie ({{lang-zh|t=黃捷|w=Huang2 Chieh2|p=Huáng Jié|poj=N̂g Chia̍p}}, born 19 January 1993) is a Taiwanese politician and a former member of the New Power Party. She was elected to the Kaohsiung City Council in 2018, representing Fongshan District. Huang is known for questioning the policies of former Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu.{{cite news|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/05/06/2003714653|title=Online searches for Han's free economic zone surge|author=Ko Yu-hao|author2=William Hetherington|work=Taipei Times|date=2019-05-06|accessdate=2019-09-29}}{{cite news|url=https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/2782318|title=藍委挺韓國瑜嗆她該多做功課 黃捷霸氣反擊網友讚爆|language=zh|date=2019-05-07|accessdate=2019-09-29}} In the 2024 Taiwanese legislative election, she was elected to the Legislative Yuan as a candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party to represent the sixth constituency of Kaohsiung, making her the first openly gay member of the chamber.
Education
Huang graduated from Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Girls' Senior High School and attended National Taiwan University, where she received a degree in public health and sociology. After graduating, she was admitted to the graduate program at the Institute of Environmental Health at National Taiwan University, but soon took leave of the program to be a journalist and later a legislative assistant for the New Power Party. After returning to the program and taking a second leave of absence, she returned to Fongshan to run for city council.{{Cite news|title=時代力量最年輕的參選人 黃捷：我很想讓高雄青年都回鄉工作|url=https://www.cmmedia.com.tw/home/articles/11136|author=賴怡君|date=2018-08-02|accessdate=2019-05-08|publisher=信傳媒|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803115702/https://www.cmmedia.com.tw/home/articles/11136|archivedate=2018-08-03|url-status=live}}
Kaohsiung City Council
Huang is known for criticizing Han Kuo-yu's plan to establish a free economic zone in Kaohsiung in a viral video where she rolled her eyes after Han seemed unable or unwilling to give details about his plan.{{cite news|last=|first=|date=May 19, 2019|title=INTERVIEW: 'Eye-roll goddess' lambasts Han Kuo-yu's leadership|work=Taipei Times|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/05/19/2003715415|access-date=October 9, 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/world/asia/taiwan-han-president.html|date=June 6, 2019|work=New York Times|access-date=October 9, 2019|title=Candidate Seeks Closer China Ties, Shaking Up Taiwan's Presidential Race}} She left the New Power Party on August 26, 2020.{{cite news |title=妹淪人頭黨員被投票 黃捷宣布退出時代力量 |url=https://www.ftvnews.com.tw/news/detail/2020826P17M1 |access-date=14 February 2021}}
On February 6, 2021, she faced an unsuccessful Kuomintang-led recall attempt, with 65,256 voting against the recall versus 55,394 voting in favor and a 41.54% turnout; furthermore the number of votes in favor of the recall did not meet the required threshold of 25% of eligible voters, or 72,892 votes. The recall attempt was viewed by Huang's supporters as retaliation for her role in the successful recall of former mayor Han Kuo-yu.{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Shwu-fen |last2=Lee |first2=Hsin-yin |title=Kaohsiung city councilor survives recall vote |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202102060016 |access-date=6 February 2021}}
Legislative Yuan
In August 2023, Huang joined the Democratic Progressive Party and became its candidate for the Legislative Yuan representing Kaohsiung city's sixth constituency for the 2024 Taiwanese legislative election held on 13 January. She obtained 113,670 votes (51.01%) against the Kuomintang's {{ill|Chen Mei-ya|zh|陳美雅}}, and the Formosa Alliance's {{ill|Kuo Pei-hung|zh|郭倍宏}}. Huang also became the first openly gay candidate to be elected to the Legislative Yuan.{{cite news |title=Huang Jie becomes Taiwan's first openly gay legislator |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202401130016 |work=Focus Taiwan |access-date=13 January 2024}} Aged 31 when she was sworn in, Huang is also the youngest member of the 11th Legislative Yuan.{{cite news |last1=Fan |first1=Cheng-hsiang |last2=Mazzetta |first2=Matthew |title=Taiwan's 11th Legislative Yuan at a glance |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202402010005 |access-date=1 February 2024 |agency=Central News Agency |date=1 February 2024}} Republished as: {{cite news |title=Taiwan's 11th Legislative Yuan sworn in in Taipei |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/02/02/2003812984 |access-date=2 February 2024 |work=Taipei Times |date=2 February 2024}}
On 2 October 2024, Huang was included in the "100 Next" emerging leaders list of the Time magazine for the passion about human rights and the advancement of public good, and speaking out for the underrepresented groups.{{Cite magazine |title=TIME100 Next 2024: Huang Jie |url=https://time.com/7023531/huang-jie/ |first=Bi-khim |last=Hsiao |author-link=Hsiao Bi-khim |magazine=Time |language=en |location=New York City, New York |date=2 October 2024 |access-date=3 October 2024}}{{Cite news |title=La jeune députée Huang Jie incluse dans la liste TIME 100 Next 2024 |url=https://fr.rti.org.tw/news/view/id/101469 |newspaper=Radio Taiwan International |language=fr |location=Taipei, Taiwan |date=3 October 2024 |access-date=3 October 2024 }}
Awards
References
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External links
- {{Facebook|FongshanHuangjie|}}
- {{Instagram|huangjie_official|}}
{{100 Women by BBC in 2024|state=collapsed}}
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Category:New Power Party politicians
Category:Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan