Huang Kuo-shu (born 1905)

This article is about the president of the Legislative Yuan from 1961 to 1972. For the member of the Legislative Yuan with the same name, see Huang Kuo-shu.
Huang Kuo-shu
黃國書
President of the Legislative Yuan
In office
28 February 1961 – 19 February 1972
PresidentChiang Kai-shek
Preceded byChang Tao-fan
Succeeded byNi Wen-ya
In office
19 October 1951 – 11 March 1952
Preceded byLiu Jin-chin
Succeeded byChang Tao-fan
Vice President of the Legislative Yuan
In office
7 October 1950 – 24 February 1961
PresidentChang Tao-fan
Preceded byLiu Jin-chin
Succeeded byNi Wen-ya
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1948–1987
ConstituencyTaiwan
Personal details
Born
Yeh Yen-sheng

(1905-08-08)8 August 1905
Hoppo, Shinchiku Prefecture, Taiwan under Japanese rule
Died8 December 1987(1987-12-08) (aged 82)
National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyKuomintang
SpouseLung Feng-ming (龍鳳鳴)
Children2

Huang Kuo-shu (Chinese: 黃國書; pinyin: Huáng Guóshū; Wade–Giles: Huang2 Kuo2-shu1; 8 August 1905 – 8 December 1987), born Yeh Yen-sheng (Chinese: 葉焱生; pinyin: Yè Yànshēng) was the president of the Legislative Yuan, first as acting from 1951 to 1952, then officially from 1961 to 1972. He also served as the vice president of the Legislative Yuan from 1950 to 1961. Huang was the first president of the Legislative Yuan to be born on the island of Taiwan.

Biography

Yeh Yen-sheng was born in 1905, in the small town of Hoppo, Shinchiku Prefecture, Japanese-ruled Taiwan (today Beipu, Hsinchu). In 1920, he went to mainland China and changed his name to Huang Kuo-shu. Later, Huang went to study at the Imperial Japanese Army Academy.[1][2]

Huang in 1961

After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Huang returned to Taiwan as a major general.[3] He was very prominent and participated in Legislative Yuan elections.[4] In 1950, Huang was elected vice-president of the Legislative Yuan. On 24 February 1961, Chang Tao-fan resigned as president, and as a result Huang became president. He held the post for 11 years, when in 1972, he resigned due to health issues.[5]

Huang was also a managing director of a company called Guoguang Life Insurance (國光人壽). The company filed for bankruptcy in 1970, and in 1972 the Ministry of Finance ordered Guoguang Life Insurance to close. Debt was reported to be NT$110 million.[6][7]

Huang continued to serve as a member of the Legislative Yuan until his death in 1987.

References

  1. ^ "2003-09-23台灣日報---老Ｋ迫害辭院長土地充公選那條路？首位台籍客家人立法院院長黃國書悲慘政治下場". olddoc.tmu.edu.tw. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  2. ^ Zheng, Zi; 鄭梓 (2014). Li fa yuan yuan chang huang guo shu zhuan ji (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Yufeng Wang, 王御風. Tai zhong shi: Li fa yuan yi zheng bo wu guan. ISBN 978-986-04-6841-0. OCLC 951899042.
  3. ^ "Biography of Major-General Huang Guoshu - (黄国书) - (Huang Kuo-hsu) (1905 – 1987), China". generals.dk. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  4. ^ "【歷史】第一位台籍立法院長：黃國書的故事". mypaper.pchome.com.tw. 2013-09-12.
  5. ^ "黃國書小傳（1905.07.08-1987.12.08）". aam.ly.gov.tw.
  6. ^ "台湾首家寿险国光人寿搞掉一个"立法院长"_新闻中心_新浪网". news.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  7. ^ 何, 來美 (2017-02-22). 台灣客家政治風雲錄 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 聯經出版公司. p. 194.
Political offices
Preceded by President of the Legislative Yuan
1961–1972 		Succeeded by