ELECTION 2024/KMT's Han Kuo-yu elected Legislative speaker, backed by 2 independents
02/01/2024 01:50 PM
The Kuomintang's (KMT) Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) was elected speaker of Taiwan's 11th Legislature in a runoff vote on Thursday, triggered after Taiwan People's Party (TPP) lawmakers voted for their own candidate Huang Shan-shan (黃珊珊) in the first round.
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