Huang Tien-fu

Huang studied political science at National Taiwan University.^[1]

Huang ran for a seat on the Legislative Yuan in 1980, a year after his elder brother Huang Hsin-chieh was arrested for leading the Kaohsiung Incident.^[2] Relatives of other people involved in the Kaohsiung Incident also contested the 1980 election cycle and won, namely Chou Ching-yu and Hsu Jung-shu.^[3][4] While in office, Huang published several magazines affiliated with the tangwai movement, among them Vertical-Horizontal, Political Monitor, and Bell Drum Tower.^[5][6] Copies of the fifth issue of Bell Drum Tower were confiscated by the Kuomintang party-state in May 1983,^[7] and Political Monitor was suspended in November.^[5] After losing reelection in December,^[8] Huang founded Neo Formosa Weekly in June 1984.^[5][9] Neo Formosa Weekly also drew the attention of the government, which banned all but one of its 52 issues.^[5][9] On 19 June 1984, "A Critique of New Marxism" was published in Neo Formosa Weekly, accusing Elmer Fung of plagiarism. Fung sued the magazine for libel in October.^[10] On 12 January 1985, the Taipei District Court sentenced Chen Shui-bian, Lee I-yang and Huang Tien-fu to a year's imprisonment.^[11] Upon appeal to the Taiwan High Court, all three sentences were shortened to eight months.^[12][13] The trio were released in February 1987.^[14] Huang contested the 1989 Legislative Yuan primary for Taipei, but lost.^[15] By forming an electoral coalition with Shen Fu-hsiung, Yeh Chu-lan, and Yen Chin-fu, Huang was elected to the Third Legislative Yuan.^[16][17] After Chen Shui-bian won the 2000 presidential election, he offered Huang a position as senior adviser,^[18] which Huang held through 2006.^[19][20] Days before the 2008 presidential election, Huang stated, "I'm afraid that Taiwan will become the next Tibet. If the KMT wins the election, we don't know when we will [get the presidency] back."^[21] He served the Tsai Ing-wen administration as national policy adviser.^[22] In May 2022, the Transitional Justice Commission overturned libel charges against Huang dating back to his tenure on the Neo Formosa Weekly staff.^[23]

Huang's wife Lan Mei-chin has also served on the Legislative Yuan.^[24][25]