Julian Kuo

Julian Kuo interests me because he straddles two roles that don't always overlap: scholar and practitioner. Trained in sociology at National Taiwan University and in political science at Yale, where he earned his doctorate in 1995, he then served in the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2008 and again from 2016 to 2020. That gap and return suggest a career shaped by Taiwan's shifting political tides rather than a smooth, uninterrupted climb. I find that more telling than a tidy resume would be. Someone who can analyze politics academically and still survive the realities of elected office has a perspective worth hearing, even when you disagree with where he lands.

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Name (English)

Julian Kuo

Name (Japanese)

郭正亮

Reading

かく・せいりょう

Born

June 24, 1961 (age 65)

Origin

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Occupation

politician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Ox

University

National Taiwan University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian%20Kuo
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%83%AD%E6%AD%A3%E4%BA%AE
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8348328

Tags

• politician

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.