Ho Min-hao

Ho Min-hao (Chinese: 何敏豪; pinyin: Hé Mǐnháo; born 10 July 1958), also known by the English name Mark Ho, is a Taiwanese politician who served two terms in the Legislative Yuan between 2002 and 2008.

Mark Ho Ho Min-hao MLY
何敏豪
Ho in October 2014
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 2002 – 31 January 2008
Constituency	Taichung
Personal details
Born	(1958-07-10) 10 July 1958 (age 66) Taichung, Taiwan
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party (until 2001; since 2007)
Other political affiliations	Taiwan Solidarity Union (2001–2007)
Education	National Chung Hsing University (BA) Tunghai University (MPA)

Education

Ho earned a bachelor's degree from National Chung Hsing University and attended graduate school at Tunghai University.^[1]

Political career

Ho served on the third National Assembly as a member of the Democratic Progressive Party,^[2][3] but switched affiliations to represent the newly founded Taiwan Solidarity Union in the 2001 legislative elections.^[4][5] During his first term, Ho was a member of the Legislative Yuan's National Defense Committee.^[6][7] Near the start of his second term, the Taiwan Solidarity Union named Ho one of its caucus whips.^[8] He was named the TSU candidate for the mayoralty of Taichung in April 2005,^[9] and reelected as one of four TSU caucus whips in June.^[10] Incumbent Taichung mayor Jason Hu retained his office, and Ho was later named a member of the Taiwan Solidarity Union's Central Executive Committee.^[11] Ho rejoined the Democratic Progressive Party in November 2007, after defeating Wang Shih-hsun in a public opinion poll used to determine the Pan-Green Coalition's legislative candidate,^[12] and lost his legislative seat to Daniel Huang.^[13][14]