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Hsu Kuo-yung
Hsu Kuo-yung
徐國勇
	Official portrait, 2018
32nd Minister of the Interior
	In office; 16 July 2018 – 7 December 2022
Prime Minister	William Lai; Su Tseng-chang
Deputy	Hua Ching-chun
Preceded by	Yeh Jiunn-rong
Succeeded by	Hua Ching-chun (acting)
Minister without Portfolio
	In office; 25 December 2017 – 15 July 2018
Prime Minister	William Lai
5th Spokesperson of the Executive Yuan
	In office; 1 October 2016 – 15 July 2018
Prime Minister	Lin Chuan; William Lai
Preceded by	Tung Chen-yuan
Succeeded by	Kolas Yotaka
Member of the Legislative Yuan
	In office; 1 February 2016 – 30 September 2016
Constituency	Party-list
	In office; 1 February 2005 – 1 January 2008
Constituency	Taipei 1
Taipei City Councillor
	In office; 25 December 2002 – 31 January 2005
Constituency	Taipei 2nd (Neihu District and Nangang District)
Personal details
Born	7 June 1958 (age 66); Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwan
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Relatives	Hsu Chia-ching
Education	National Chung Hsing University (LLB); National Taiwan Ocean University (MA)

Hsu Kuo-yung (Chinese: 徐國勇; pinyin: Xú Guóyǒng; born 7 June 1958) is a Taiwanese politician and media personality who is currently the host for the FTV News political program "National Bravest" since 2023. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2008, and again in 2016. Hsu served as the minister of Interior from 2018 to 2022.

Education

Hsu obtained his bachelor's degree in law from National Chung Hsing University.^[1] He then earned a Master of Arts in law from National Taiwan Ocean University.

Political careers

Hsu served as the Taipei City councillor in 2002 until his inauguration as the member of the Legislative Yuan, in 2005, of the 1st constituency of Taipei City.

2008 legislative election

Eligible voters: 280,614
Total votes cast (Ratio): 171,665 (61.17%)
Valid Votes (Ratio): 169,272 (98.61%)
Invalid Votes (Ratio): 2,393 (1.39%)

No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Ratio
1	Jhuang Wan Yun (莊婉均)	Independent	1,684	0.99%
2	Jhang Cing Yuan (張慶源)	Independent	470	0.28%
3	Alex Tsai	Kuomintang	105,375	62.26%
4	Syu Jia Chen (許家琛)	Independent	159	0.09%
5	Ke Yi Min (柯逸民)	Green Party Taiwan	1,580	0.93%
6	Hsu Kuo-yung	Democratic Progressive Party	60,004	35.45%

In 2016, he returned as a member of the member of the Legislative Yuan for the DPP proportional representation constituency.

In October 2016, after the resignation of the Executive Yuan spokesperson Tong Cheng-yuan, whose role was transferred to National Security Council, Hsu resigned his membership in the Legislative Yuan and succeeded Tong as the spokesperson. Chiu Tai-yuan succeeded Hsu's legislative membership.

In July 2018, then-interior minister Yeh Jiunn-rong was appointed as the new education minister. Then-spokesperson Hsu succeeded Yeh as the interior minister until his resignation in 2022 due health issues.^[2]

Media careers

In December 2022, FTV News announces a new political program "National Bravest" (全國第一勇)^{[note 1]} and he will be the host starting 26th of the same month.

Notes

^ In his name, Hsu Kuo-yung (徐國勇), the "yung (勇)" means brave in Mandarin, the program uses his name as a rhyme with the program name.

References

^ "Hsu, Kuo-Yung". Legislative Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan). Retrieved 14 July 2018.
^ Lee, Hsin-fang; Lin, Chia-tung; Chin, Jonathan (12 July 2018). "FEATURE: Three new ministers tapped: sources". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 July 2018.