Hsiao Uan-u

Hsiao Uan-u is a Taiwanese politician.

Early life and education

Hsiao was born in Chiayi on October 12, 1973, the daughter of Hsiao Teng-wang, a former speaker of Chiayi City Council.
After high school, Hsiao attended college in the United States. She graduated from California State University, Northridge, with a bachelor's degree in accounting and earned a master's degree in finance from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, California, in 1998. In 2009, she obtained a Master of Business Administration from Nanhua University. She wrote her M.B.A. thesis, "A study on the collaboration between public sectors and non-profit organizations in the development of a cultural tourism industry," on local music in Chiayi.
In 2016, she earned a Ph.D. in business administration from National Chiayi University. Her doctoral dissertation was titled, "A study on the relationship between service scenarios, experience value, relationship quality and relationship marketing output".

Political career

Hsiao's uncle, Hsiao Teng-shi, ran her 1998 legislative campaign, and Hsiao Uan-u won due to her family's considerable political influence in Chiayi. While in office, Hsiao Uan-u served as family spokesperson, as Hsiao Teng-piao, another paternal uncle, who, like her father, had served on the Chiayi City Council, chose to face charges of blackmail, illegal confinement, graft, and bribery. Months after Hsiao Uan-u completed her term in January 2002, Hsiao Teng-piao was paroled.