Shyu Jong-shyong

Shyu Jong-shyong
MLY
Shyu Jong-shyong MLY
徐中雄
Deputy Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan
	In office; 2015 – 20 May 2016
Secretary-General	Chien Tai-lang
Succeeded by	Shih Keh-her
Deputy Mayor of Taichung City
	In office; 2011–2014
Mayor	Jason Hu; Lin Chia-lung
Member of Legislative Yuan
	In office; 1 February 1993 – 31 January 2012
Constituency	Taichung County→Taichung 8
Personal details
Born	7 October 1957 (age 67); Dongshi, Taichung County, Taiwan
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Kuomintang
Alma mater	Soochow University (BA); University of Northern Colorado (MA, PhD)

Shyu Jong-shyong (Chinese: 徐中雄; pinyin: Xú Zhōngxióng; born 7 October 1957) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education

Shyu graduated from Soochow University with a bachelor's degree in political science in 1981. He then completed graduate studies in the United States, earning a Master of Arts (M.A.) in 1984 and his Ph.D. in 1988 in special education, both from the University of Northern Colorado.^[1]

Early career

After graduation from University of Northern Colorado, Shyu became a specialist under the Department of Social Affairs of Taiwan Provincial Government in 1987–1988. In 1988-1991 he became an associate researcher at the Taiwan Secondary Education Teachers Training Center and in 1991-1993 he became an associate professor at the Department of Special Education of National Taichung Teacher's College.

Political career

Shyu served on the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 2011, and was the first member of a legislature entirely elected by residents of the Taiwan Area to have a disability.^[2] He resigned from the legislature to serve as deputy mayor of Taichung between 2011 and 2014,^[2] and subsequently served as deputy secretary-general of the Executive Yuan in 2015–2016.^[3]

References

^ "Northern Vision Spring/Summer 2015". www.unco.edu. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
^ ^a ^b Wang, Cheng-chung and; Liu, Kay (22 March 2023). "People with disabilities seek at-large seats in Legislature". Central News Agency. Retrieved 23 March 2023. Shyu Jong-shyong (徐中雄) of the KMT became the first lawmaker with disabilities after he was elected to represent then-Taichung County in 1992 and took office in 1993. He served six terms in the Legislature before resigning to take up the post as one of three deputy mayors of Taichung in 2011, when Taichung City and Taichung County were merged to form a special municipality. A constitutional amendment passed in 2005 reduced the total seats in the Legislature to 113-- 73 locally elected, six elected by Indigenous people in Taiwan, and 34 at-large seats for political parties that receive 5 percent of the total vote or more in the legislative election. Since Shyu's election, there had been at least one lawmaker with disabilities until the current term that began in 2020, when no parties put members of the disabled community in safe seats on their list of nominees for the at-large positions in the election held in January that year.
^ "Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)". ey.gov.tw.