Hsu Kuo-yung
Taiwanese politician (born 1958)
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Hsu Kuo-yung (Chinese: 徐國勇; pinyin: Xú Guóyǒng; born 7 June 1958) is a Taiwanese politician and media personality who is currently the Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party since 2025. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2008, and again in 2016. Hsu served as the minister of Interior from 2018 to 2022. Later, Hsu become the host for the FTV News political program "National Bravest" from 2023 to 2025.
Lin Yu-chang
Su Tseng-chang
Hsu Kuo-yung | |
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徐國勇 | |
Official portrait, 2018 | |
| 26th Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party | |
| Assumed office 25 August 2025 | |
Chairman | Lai Ching-te |
| Preceded by | Ho Po-wen (acting) Lin Yu-chang |
| 32nd Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 16 July 2018 – 7 December 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Lai Ching-te Su Tseng-chang |
| Preceded by | Yeh Jiunn-rong |
| Succeeded by | Hua Ching-chun (acting) |
| Minister without Portfolio | |
| In office 25 December 2017 – 15 July 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Lai Ching-te |
| 5th Spokesperson of the Executive Yuan | |
| In office 1 October 2016 – 15 July 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Lin Chuan Lai Ching-te |
| Preceded by | Tung Chen-yuan |
| Succeeded by | Kolas Yotaka |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 1 February 2016 – 30 September 2016 | |
| Succeeded by | Chiu Tai-yuan |
| Constituency | Party-list |
| In office 1 February 2005 – 1 January 2008 | |
| Constituency | Taipei 1 |
| Taipei City Councillor | |
| In office 25 December 2002 – 31 January 2005 | |
| Constituency | Taipei II (Neihu, Nangang) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 June 1958 |
| Party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Relatives | Hsu Chia-ching |
| Education | National Chung Hsing University (LLB) National Taiwan Ocean University (MA) |
Education
Hsu obtained his bachelor's degree in law from National Chung Hsing University.[1] He then earned a Master of Arts in law from National Taiwan Ocean University.
Political careers
Hsu served as the Taipei City councillor in 2002 until his inauguration as the member of the Legislative Yuan, in 2005, of the 1st constituency of Taipei City.
2008 legislative election
- Eligible voters: 280,614
- Total votes cast (Ratio): 171,665 (61.17%)
- Valid Votes (Ratio): 169,272 (98.61%)
- Invalid Votes (Ratio): 2,393 (1.39%)
| No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Ratio | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jhuang Wan Yun (莊婉均) | Independent | 1,684 | 0.99% | |
| 2 | Jhang Cing Yuan (張慶源) | Independent | 470 | 0.28% | |
| 3 | Alex Tsai | Kuomintang | 105,375 | 62.26% | .svg){kind=small} |
| 4 | Syu Jia Chen (許家琛) | Independent | 159 | 0.09% | |
| 5 | Ke Yi Min (柯逸民) | Green Party Taiwan | 1,580 | 0.93% | |
| 6 | Hsu Kuo-yung | Democratic Progressive Party | 60,004 | 35.45% |
In 2016, he returned as a member of the member of the Legislative Yuan for the DPP proportional representation constituency.
In October 2016, after the resignation of the Executive Yuan spokesperson Tong Cheng-yuan, whose role was transferred to National Security Council, Hsu resigned his membership in the Legislative Yuan and succeeded Tong as the spokesperson. Chiu Tai-yuan succeeded Hsu's legislative membership.
In July 2018, then-interior minister Yeh Jiunn-rong was appointed as the new education minister. Then-spokesperson Hsu succeeded Yeh as the interior minister until his resignation in 2022 due health issues.[2]
In August 2025, Hsu was named secretary-general of the Democratic Progressive Party.[3][4]
Media careers
Other notes
- When he was the spokesperson for the Executive Yuan, he was once sent to the hospital because of accidentally eating Alocasia odora(姑婆芋),[5] And was nicknamed "Gu Po Yong"(姑婆勇).[6]
Controversies
Accused of having double standards on Hong Kong residents’ settlement applications and radical pro-China forces in Taiwan
During the anti-extradition movement in Hong Kong, the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan loudly expressed its support for Hong Kong people in their fight for democracy, which received some applause at the time. However, some key figures of the DPP (such as Victor Wang, Liang Wenjie and Lin Ching-yi) later made some unfriendly remarks with misinformation, and some of their policies towards Hong Kong people in Taiwan also attracted some criticism. In April 2025, a scholar published an article in the academic journal International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing, criticizing former Interior Minister Hsu Kuo-yung by name for being so strict on immigration and settlement applications from Hong Kong people on the one hand, and so tolerant of radical pro-China forces in Taiwan on the other, which is a contradictory approach. When many Hong Kong democrats have experience working in Hong Kong public universities (e.g., Helena Wong, Claudia Mo, Fernando Cheung, Kenneth Chan Ka-lok), the Taiwan government should not regard the experience of working in Hong Kong public universities as a national security risk to Taiwan, just as KMT Chairman Eric Chu worked at the National Taiwan University when Tsai Ing-wen was president, but no one would regard such a relationship as Eric Chu supporting Tsai Ing-wen or the DPP.[7]
Notes
- In his name, Hsu Kuo-yung (徐國勇), the "yung (勇)" means brave in Mandarin, the program uses his name as a rhyme with the program name.
