Shyu Jong-shyong (Chinese: 徐中雄; pinyin: Xú Zhōngxióng; born 7 October 1957) is a Taiwanese politician.
Education
Shyu obtained his bachelor's degree in political science from Soochow University in 1981. He then continued his studies in the United States and obtained his master's degree in special education and Ph.D. in physical disability welfare from the University of Northern Colorado.
Early career
After graduation from University of Northern Colorado, Shyu became a specialist under the Department of Social Affairs of Taiwan Provincial Government in 1987–1988. In 1988-1991 he became an associate researcher at the Taiwan Secondary Education Teachers Training Center and in 1991-1993 he became an associate professor at the Department of Special Education of National Taichung Teacher's College.
Political career
Shyu served on the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 2011, and was the first member of a legislature entirely elected by residents of the Taiwan Area to have a disability.[1] He resigned from the legislature to serve as deputy mayor of Taichung between 2011 and 2014,[1] and subsequently served as deputy secretary-general of the Executive Yuan in 2015–2016.[2]
References
^ abWang, Cheng-chung and; Liu, Kay (22 March 2023). "People with disabilities seek at-large seats in Legislature". Central News Agency. Retrieved 23 March 2023. Shyu Jong-shyong (徐中雄) of the KMT became the first lawmaker with disabilities after he was elected to represent then-Taichung County in 1992 and took office in 1993. He served six terms in the Legislature before resigning to take up the post as one of three deputy mayors of Taichung in 2011, when Taichung City and Taichung County were merged to form a special municipality. A constitutional amendment passed in 2005 reduced the total seats in the Legislature to 113-- 73 locally elected, six elected by Indigenous people in Taiwan, and 34 at-large seats for political parties that receive 5 percent of the total vote or more in the legislative election. Since Shyu's election, there had been at least one lawmaker with disabilities until the current term that began in 2020, when no parties put members of the disabled community in safe seats on their list of nominees for the at-large positions in the election held in January that year.
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