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Ho Hsin-chun

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Ho Hsin-chun
何欣純
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Assumed office
1 February 2012
Preceded byChien Chiao-tung
ConstituencyTaichung 7
Personal details
Born (1973-12-18) 18 December 1973 (age 50)
Taichung County, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
RelationsFreddy Lim (cousin)
Alma materNational Cheng Kung University
University of York

Ho Hsin-chun (Chinese: 何欣純; pinyin: Hé Xīnchún; Wade–Giles: Ho Hsin-ch'un; born 18 December 1973) is a Taiwanese politician. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party, she has served on the Legislative Yuan since 2012.[1]

Early life

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Ho obtained her bachelor's degree from National Cheng Kung University and master's degree in women's studies from University of York in the United Kingdom.[2]

Political career

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Ho had served as the Greater Taichung councilor for the DPP. On Thursday September 22, 2011 Hung Yao-fu, the deputy secretary general of the DPP, announced that she was the victor, among five candidates, in a poll for a potential DPP candidate for the seventh district of Greater Taichung. She was to run against Cheng Li-wun, the KMT candidate.[3]

Personal life

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Legislator Freddy Lim of the 5th Constituency of Taipei City is also her younger maternal cousin.

References

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  1. ^ Shih, Hsiu-chuan. "Free-for-all breaks out in legislature." Taipei Times. Wednesday June 26, 2013 - Page 1. Retrieved on June 26, 2013.
  2. ^ "The Legislative Yuan Republic of China-Ho, Hsin-Chun-Brief Introduction". 23 July 2013.
  3. ^ Wang, Chris. "DPP proffers Normandy landings election analogy." Taipei Times. Friday September 23, 2011. p. 3. Retrieved on June 27, 2013.