Kao Yu-ting
{{short description|Taiwanese politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{family name hatnote|Kao|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kao Yu-ting
| native_name = {{nobold|高鈺婷}}
| native_name_lang = zh-tw
| honorific-suffix =
| caption = Kao campaigning in Hsinchu, 2019
| smallimage = 高鈺婷.jpg
| office1 = 6th Chairperson of the New Power Party
| term_start1 = 29 August 2020
| term_end1 = 10 November 2020
{{small|(acting after 3 November 2020)}}
| predecessor1 = Hsu Yung-ming
Chiu Hsien-chih (acting)
| successor1 = Chen Jiau-hua
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|3|28}}
| birth_place = Taipei County, Taiwan
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = New Power Party {{small|(since 2015)}}
| spouse =
| children = 2
| module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes
|t = {{linktext|高|鈺|婷}}
|s = {{linktext|高|钰|婷}}
|p = Gāo Yùtíng
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|w = gao1 yu4ting2
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| education = National Huwei Institute of Technology (BS)
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (MS)
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{{Distinguish|Ko Yu-ting}}
Kao Yu-ting ({{zh|t=高鈺婷}}; born 28 March 1985) is a Taiwanese engineer and politician. She joined the New Power Party in 2015, served as party leader from August to November 2020.
Early life and career
Kao was born on 28 March 1985 in Taipei County and was raised in Taipei.{{cite news |title=5號 高鈺婷 |url=https://election.ltn.com.tw/2020/legislator/candidates/HsinchuCity/187 |accessdate=29 August 2020 |work=Liberty Times |language=zh}}{{cite news |last1=王 |first1=揚宇 |title=媽媽工程師當上時力黨魁 35歲高鈺婷政治驚奇之旅 |url=https://www.cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/202008290071.aspx |agency=Central News Agency |date=29 August 2020 |language=zh}} [https://udn.com/news/story/6656/4819278 Alternative URL] She attended {{ill|Taipei Municipal Da-An Vocational High School|zh|臺北市立大安高級工業職業學校}}, then enrolled at the National Huwei Institute of Technology, within the department of aeronautical engineering. Kao subsequently completed a master's degree in electrical engineering at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. Prior to her political career, Kao worked at the Industrial Technology Research Institute.
Political career
Following the Sunflower Student Movement, Kao became a member of {{ill|Taiwan March|zh|島國前進}}.{{cite news |last1=Hioe |first1=Brian |title=From Taiwan March to the NPP: an interview with Gao Yu-ting |url=https://newbloommag.net/2020/01/06/gao-yu-ting-eng/ |accessdate=3 September 2020 |work=New Bloom |date=6 January 2020}} Kao joined the New Power Party in 2015, and contested the Hsinchu City Constituency seat on the Legislative Yuan on the party's behalf in 2020.{{cite news |last1=王 |first1=揚宇 |title=高鈺婷接掌時力 喊話勇敢改革重新打造政黨 |url=https://www.cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/202008295003.aspx |accessdate=29 August 2020 |agency=Central News Agency |date=29 August 2020 |language=zh}} Her unsuccessful legislative campaign was backed by Wu Nien-jen.{{cite news |last1=Wu |first1=Su-wei |title=2020 Elections: Generational battle seen in Saturday's polls: Wu Nien-jen |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2020/01/06/2003728800 |accessdate=29 August 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=6 January 2020}} Following the mass resignation of acting chair Chiu Hsien-chih and all members of the New Power Party's executive council on 5 August 2020, Kao was elected to the body with the second highest vote share, trailing only Claire Wang, and assumed the party leadership with the council's support on 29 August 2020.{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Yang-yu |last2=Lee |first2=Hsin-Yin |title=Kao Yu-ting elected chairwoman of embattled New Power Party |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202008290008 |agency=Central News Agency |date=29 August 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Wu |first1=Su-wei |last2=Chung |first2=Jake |title=NPP elects a new leader amid crisis |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2020/08/30/2003742524 |accessdate=30 August 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=30 August 2020}} Kao announced her intention to resign as chair on 3 November 2020.{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Flor |last2=Wang |first2=Yang-yu |title=New Power Party chairwoman resigns |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202011030026 |accessdate=3 November 2020 |agency=Central News Agency |date=3 November 2020}} Kao stated that her resignation as chair and from the executive council would take effect upon the inauguration of a new chair.{{cite news |last1=Shan |first1=Shelley |title=NPP's Kao Yu-ting outlines reasons for her resignation |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2020/11/05/2003746411 |accessdate=5 November 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=5 November 2020}} Kao said that she assumed leadership of the party to help the party reform its operations, and resigned because the objective had been achieved. She felt pressured to begin planning for the 2022 elections, but believed that the task was better left to her successor. Kao was replaced by Chen Jiau-hua on 10 November 2020.{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Yang-yu |last2=Kao |first2=Evelyn |title=Chen Jiau-hua elected New Power Party chairwoman |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202011100023 |accessdate=11 November 2020 |agency=Central News Agency |date=10 November 2020}}{{cite news |title=NPP elects Chen Jiau-hua as new party chairwoman |url=https://taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2020/11/11/2003746727 |accessdate=11 November 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=11 November 2020}}
Personal life
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Category:Taiwanese women engineers
Category:National Formosa University alumni
Category:National Taiwan University of Science and Technology alumni
Category:Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Hsinchu
Category:Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from New Taipei
Category:Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Taipei
Category:New Power Party chairpersons
Category:21st-century women engineers