Huang Tien-fu
{{Short description|Taiwanese politician (born 1938)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Huang Tien-fu
| native_name = {{nobold|黃天福}}
| native_name_lang = zh-tw
| honorific-suffix = MLY
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| order1 = Member of the Legislative Yuan
| term_start1 = 1 February 1996
| term_end1 = 31 January 1999
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| constituency1 = Taipei 2 (South)
| order2 =
| term_start2 = 1 February 1981
| term_end2 = 31 January 1984
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| constituency2 = Taipei
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1938}}
| birth_place = Dalongdong, Taihoku, Taiwan, Empire of Japan
| party = Democratic Progressive Party
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| nationality = Taiwanese
| profession =
| relatives = Huang Hsin-chieh (brother)
| spouse = Lan Mei-chin
| education = National Taiwan University (BA)
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Huang Tien-fu ({{zh|t=黃天福|p=Huáng Tiānfú}}; born 1938) is a Taiwanese politician.
Education
Political career and activism
Huang ran for a seat on the Legislative Yuan in 1980, a year after his elder brother Huang Hsin-chieh was arrested for leading the Kaohsiung Incident.{{cite book|title=The Kaohsiung Tapes|date=February 1981|page=60|url=http://www.taiwandc.org/kao-tapes.pdf|access-date=27 January 2018|publisher=International Committee for Human Rights in Taiwan}} Relatives of other people involved in the Kaohsiung Incident also contested the 1980 election cycle and won, namely Chou Ching-yu and Hsu Jung-shu.{{cite journal|title=An American odyssey for two Taiwanese women|journal=Taiwan Communiqué|date=August 1983|volume=13|page=9|url=http://www.taiwandc.org/twcom/tc13-int.pdf|issn=1027-3999}}{{cite journal|title=Profile of a human rights lawyer|journal=Taiwan Communiqué|date=March 1987|volume=29|page=1|url=http://www.taiwandc.org/twcom/tc29-int.pdf|access-date=27 January 2018|issn=1027-3999}} While in office, Huang published several magazines affiliated with the tangwai movement, among them Vertical-Horizontal, Political Monitor, and Bell Drum Tower.{{cite journal|title=Huang T'ien-fu: a profile of courage|journal=Taiwan Communiqué|date=August 1985|volume=21|page=16|url=http://www.taiwandc.org/twcom/tc21-int.pdf|access-date=27 January 2018|issn=1027-3999}}{{cite news|last1=van der Wees|first1=Gerritt|title=Taiwan's "outside the party" magazines on the road to democratization|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2018/01/23/2003686261/2|access-date=27 January 2018|work=Taipei Times|date=23 January 2018}} Copies of the fifth issue of Bell Drum Tower were confiscated by the Kuomintang party-state in May 1983,{{cite journal|title=Freedom of the press?|journal=Taiwan Communiqué|date=June 1983|pages=1, 4–5|url=http://www.taiwandc.org/twcom/tc12-int.pdf|access-date=27 January 2018|issn=1027-3999}} and Political Monitor was suspended in November. After losing reelection in December,{{cite book|author-link1=J. Bruce Jacobs|last1=Jacobs|first1=J. Bruce|title=The Kaohsiung Incident in Taiwan and Memoirs of a Foreign Big Beard|date=2016|publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004315921|page=109|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TIEJDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA109|access-date=27 January 2018}} Huang founded Neo Formosa Weekly in June 1984.{{cite news|last1=Ko|first1=Shu-ling|title='Neo Formosa Weekly' resumes on the Web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/09/11/2003453293|access-date=27 January 2018|work=Taipei Times|date=11 September 2009}} Neo Formosa Weekly also drew the attention of the government, which banned all but one of its 52 issues. On 19 June 1984, "A Critique of New Marxism" was published in Neo Formosa Weekly, accusing Elmer Fung of plagiarism. Fung sued the magazine for libel in October.{{cite journal|title=Who is Elmer Fung?|journal=Taiwan Communique|date=July 2000|volume=92|page=21|url=http://www.taiwandc.org/twcom/tc92-int.pdf|access-date=27 January 2018|issn=1027-3999}} On 12 January 1985, the Taipei District Court sentenced Chen Shui-bian, Lee I-yang and Huang Tien-fu to a year's imprisonment.{{cite journal|title=Freedom of the press?|journal=Taiwan Communiqué|date=February 1985|volume=18|page=15|url=http://www.taiwandc.org/twcom/tc18-int.pdf|access-date=27 January 2018|issn=1027-3999}} Upon appeal to the Taiwan High Court, all three sentences were shortened to eight months.{{cite journal|title=Neo-Formosa libel suit decision in High Court|journal=Taiwan Communiqué|date=May 1986|volume=25|pages=20–21|url=http://www.taiwandc.org/twcom/tc25-int.pdf|access-date=27 January 2018|issn=1027-3999}}{{cite journal|title=Three Neo-Formosa executives imprisoned|journal=Taiwan Communiqué|date=August 1986|volume=26|page=19|url=http://www.taiwandc.org/twcom/tc26-int.pdf|access-date=27 January 2018|issn=1027-3999}} The trio were released in February 1987.{{cite journal|title=Prison Report|journal=Taiwan Communiqué|date=March 1987|volume=29|page=18|url=http://www.taiwandc.org/twcom/tc29-int.pdf|access-date=27 January 2018|issn=1027-3999}} Huang contested the 1989 Legislative Yuan primary for Taipei, but lost.{{cite news|title=Constructive Controversies|url=https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=4,29,31,45&post=5588|access-date=27 January 2018|work=Taiwan Today|date=1 December 1989}} By forming an electoral coalition with Shen Fu-hsiung, Yeh Chu-lan, and Yen Chin-fu, Huang was elected to the Third Legislative Yuan.{{cite journal|title=DPP races to watch|journal=Taiwan Communique|date=October 1995|volume=68|page=14|url=http://www.taiwandc.org/twcom/tc68-int.pdf|access-date=27 January 2018|issn=1027-3999}}{{cite journal|title=The DPP wins, but is hampered by factionalism|journal=Taiwan Communiqué|date=January 1996|volume=69|page=6|url=http://www.taiwandc.org/twcom/tc69-int.pdf|access-date=27 January 2018|issn=1027-3999}} After Chen Shui-bian won the 2000 presidential election, he offered Huang a position as senior adviser,{{cite news|last1=Lin|first1=Irene|title=Chen urges slow reform of police|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2000/04/21/0000033107|access-date=27 January 2018|work=Taipei Times|date=21 April 2000}} which Huang held through 2006.{{cite news|last1=Ko|first1=Shu-ling|title=Newsmaker: Embattled first lady just wants to live her own life|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2006/05/08/2003306777/2|access-date=27 January 2018|work=Taipei Times|date=8 May 2005}}{{cite news|last1=Ko|first1=Shu-ling|title=Presidential Office in crisis: Journey from political asset to liability|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2006/11/06/2003335062/2|access-date=27 January 2018|work=Taipei Times|date=6 November 2006}} Days before the 2008 presidential election, Huang stated, "I'm afraid that Taiwan will become the next Tibet. If the KMT wins the election, we don't know when we will [get the presidency] back."{{cite news|last1=Ko|first1=Shu-ling|title=Presidential election 2008: 3 days to go: KMT win bad for freedom: Hsieh|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2008/03/19/2003406175|access-date=27 January 2018|work=Taipei Times|date=19 March 2008}} He served the Tsai Ing-wen administration as national policy adviser.{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=I-chia |title=Ko evasive about new political party rumors |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2018/08/19/2003698796 |access-date=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=19 August 2018}} In May 2022, the Transitional Justice Commission overturned libel charges against Huang dating back to his tenure on the Neo Formosa Weekly staff.{{cite news |last1=Yeh |first1=Su-ping |last2=Kao |first2=Evelyn |title=Justice Commission overturns convictions during martial law period |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202205230024 |access-date=24 May 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=23 May 2022}}
Huang's wife Lan Mei-chin has also served on the Legislative Yuan.{{cite news|last1=Low|first1=Stephanie|title=For many of the nation's leaders, politics is a family affair|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2002/10/14/0000175637/2|access-date=27 January 2018|work=Taipei Times|date=14 October 2002}}{{cite news|title=Suicide rocks DPP family|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/10/23/2003208065|access-date=27 January 2018|work=Taipei Times|date=23 October 2004}}
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