Wu Li-hua
Saidhai Tahovecahe Wu Li-hua | |
|---|---|
Ngũ lệ hoa | |
 Wu as a member of theTenth Legislative Yuan | |
| Member of theLegislative Yuan | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Chien Tung-ming |
| Constituency | Highland Aborigine |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 August 1969 Maolin District,Kaoshiung,Taiwan |
| Nationality | Republic of China |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Education | National Pingtung University of Education(BA,MA) |
Wu Li-hua(Chinese:Ngũ lệ hoa;born 12 August 1969), known in theRukai languageasSaidhai Tahovecahe,is a TaiwaneseRukaieducator and politician. She is the first legislator of theDemocratic Progressive Partyto represent theHighland Aborigine Constituency,to which she was elected in 2020.
Early life and teaching career
[edit]Wu is from Wanshan Village, inMaolin District,Kaohsiung.[1][2]She was born on 12 August 1969,[3]to a mother of Rukai descent, and a father ofMainland Chinesedescent.[4]She earned degrees from theNational Pingtung University of Education,and, during a 27-year career in education, served as a principal within two primary schools inPingtung County.[5][6]
Political career
[edit]Wu worked in thePingtung County Governmentunder the administration of magistratePan Men-anstarting in 2016.[7]She was credited with increasing the vote share among the indigenous population for Pan.[8]In Pan's administration, Wu was the director-general of the Indigenous Peoples Department and later the director of the Bureau of Cultural Affairs.[9][10]She was subsequently appointed to the Indigenous Historical Justice and Transitional Justice Committee.[11][12]In this capacity, Wu was one of the signatories of an open letter addressed toXi Jinpingon behalf ofTaiwanese indigenous peoplein January 2019, shortly after he had commented onChinese unificationand thepolitical status of Taiwan.[13][14]
In August 2019, Wu was nominated by theDemocratic Progressive Partyto run for legislative office in the multimemberHighland Aborigine Constituency.[8][15]In January 2020, Wu was elected to theLegislative Yuanas one of three representatives in the Highland Aborigine Constituency.[16]She succeededChien Tung-ming,who did not run for reelection.[4]With her electoral victory, Wu became the first Democratic Progressive Party legislator to represent the Highland Aborigine Constituency.[17]
References
[edit]- ^Davies, Daniel (31 October 2019)."Reserved for whom? The shifting dynamics of indigenous voting behaviour in southern Taiwan".Taiwan Insight.Retrieved14 January2020.
- ^Umav (3 December 2019)."Vượt tộc đàn đoàn tụ đài nam nguyên trụ dân giáo hội liên hợp Giáng Sinh tuần".Taiwan Church News(in Chinese).Retrieved14 January2020.
- ^"1 hào ngũ lệ hoa Saidai‧Tarovecahe".Liberty Times(in Chinese).Retrieved16 October2022.
- ^abQuách, chỉ tuyên (11 January 2020)."Xuất thân ngành giáo dục ngũ lệ hoa trở thành dân tiến đảng đệ 1 tịch sơn nguyên lập ủy"(in Chinese). Central News Agency.Retrieved15 January2020.
- ^"Dân tiến đảng duy nhất vùng núi nguyên trụ dân lập ủy tham tuyển người ngũ lệ hoa nay đăng ký".Liberty Times(in Chinese). 19 November 2019.Retrieved14 January2020.
- ^Lâm, uyển đình (26 November 2019)."Saidai tham tuyển sơn nguyên lập ủy bài loan trung sẽ thành lập hậu viện hội".Taiwan Church News(in Chinese).Retrieved14 January2020.
- ^Lâm, vĩ phong; nhan, chấn khải; hoàng, tin duy (11 January 2020)."Dân tiến đảng đầu độ đánh hạ vùng núi nguyên trụ dân lập ủy! Ngũ lệ hoa đem tiến quốc hội cải thiện thiên hương giáo dục"(in Chinese). Yahoo! Taiwan. Storm Media.Retrieved15 January2020.
- ^abGiang, quốc hào (6 August 2019)."Thích khách lên sân khấu! Bình đông huyện nguyên dân trưởng phòng ngũ lệ hoa đầu nhập sơn nguyên lập ủy tuyển chiến".United Daily News.Retrieved14 January2020.
- ^"Pingtung community opens nation's first coffee auction".Taipei Times.25 November 2017.Retrieved12 January2020.
- ^Chiu, Chih-jou; Chung, Jake (11 July 2019)."Medals won by Aboriginal choirs giving elders hope".Taipei Times.Retrieved12 January2020.
- ^"Presidential Office news release following eighth meeting of Presidential Office Indigenous Historical Justice and Transitional Justice Committee".Office of the President of the Republic of China. 21 December 2018.Retrieved14 January2020.
- ^"Presidential Office news release following ninth meeting of Presidential Office Indigenous Historical Justice and Transitional Justice Committee".Office of the President of the Republic of China. 14 March 2019.Retrieved14 January2020.
- ^"Indigenous Peoples of Taiwan to President Xi Jinping of China".Medium.8 January 2019.Retrieved14 January2020.
- ^"'This is sacred space': An open letter to Xi Jinping from the indigenous peoples of Taiwan ".Hong Kong Free Press.9 January 2019.Retrieved14 January2020.
- ^Quách, chỉ tuyên (7 August 2019)."Bình đông nguyên dân trưởng phòng ngũ lệ hoa tham tuyển lập ủy từ bộ lạc xuất phát".Central News Agency.Retrieved17 January2020.
- ^Lâm, nghi oánh (12 January 2020)."Thái lại đến phiếu 817 vạn thắng được trưởng lão giáo hội mục giả xưng bày ra “Đài Loan người cự tuyệt chín nhị chung nhận thức” ".Taiwan Church News(in Chinese).Retrieved14 January2020.
- ^Chu, gia hào (12 January 2020)."Dân tiến đảng đầu danh sơn mà nguyên trụ dân lập ủy! Ngũ lệ hoa cần đi bộ lạc công phá lam doanh phòng tuyến".Newtalk(in Chinese).Retrieved14 January2020.
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Members of the 10th Legislative Yuan
- Aboriginal Members of the Legislative Yuan
- Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan
- Women school principals and headteachers
- Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Kaohsiung
- Heads of schools in Taiwan
- National Pingtung University of Education alumni
- Rukai people
- 20th-century Taiwanese educators
- 21st-century Taiwanese educators
- Taiwanese women educators
- Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Pingtung County
- 21st-century Taiwanese women politicians
- 20th-century women educators
- 21st-century women educators