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Taiwanese politician (born 1955)

Jimmy Kuo
Kuo Chun-mingMLY
郭俊銘
Kuo in October 2014
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2002 – 31 January 2008
ConstituencyTaichung County
Personal details
Born (1955-10-17) 17 October 1955 (age 69)
Taichung, Taiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
EducationNational Cheng Kung University (BS)

Jimmy Kuo (Chinese: 郭俊銘; born 17 October 1955) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education

Kuo graduated from the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University and earned a degree from National Cheng Kung University.

Political career

Kuo served one term on the Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council. He left to lead the Democratic Progressive Party's organization and development department. Within the DPP, Kuo was affiliated with the New Tide faction. In 2001, Kuo was elected to the Legislative Yuan for the first time. He was reelected in 2004. During his legislative tenure, Kuo was often critical of the National Communications Commission.

Kuo lost to Yang Chiung-ying in the 2008 legislative elections, and was defeated by Johnny Chiang in 2012. By 2016, Kuo was chairman of the Taiwan Water Corporation. He resigned from Taiwater in January 2019.

References

  1. "Kuo Chun-ming (5)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  2. "Kuo Chun-ming (6)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  3. Lin, Chieh-yu (21 October 1999). "DPP politicians descend on Yunlin". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  4. Huang, Joyce (21 March 2001). "DPP targets its own for vote selling". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  5. Shan, Shelley (3 April 2007). "Lee Tao resigns as TVBS chief, slams media critics". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  6. Wang, Flora (3 October 2006). "DPP walks out of committee meeting". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  7. "Legislative elections and referendums" (PDF). Taipei Times. 13 January 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  8. Shan, Shelley (15 January 2012). "2012 ELECTIONS: Pan-greens make gains in legislature". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  9. Su, Chin-feng; Chin, Jonathan (22 July 2016). "No increase to water rates for a year". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  10. Pan, Jason (24 January 2019). "Taiwater head quits over extramarital affair report". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
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