Daniel Han Kuo-yu (Chinese: 韓國瑜; pinyin: Hán Guóyú; Wade–Giles: Han² Kuo²-yü²; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hân Kok-jû; born 17 June 1957) is a Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 2002, representing a portion of Taipei County for three terms. He later became general manager of Taipei Agricultural Products Marketing Corporation. In 2017, Han contested the Kuomintang chairmanship, losing to Wu Den-yih. Han was elected Mayor of Kaohsiung in November 2018, and became the first Kuomintang politician since Wu in 1998 to hold the office. Han and Chang San-cheng represented the KMT in the 2020 Taiwanese presidential election, losing to Tsai Ing-wen and William Lai. Han was recalled on 6 June 2020 and officially stepped down on 12 June.
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17 June 1957 (age 68) Taipei County, Taiwan
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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