Chun-Ming Kao

Kao Chun-ming (; 6 June 1929 – 14 February 2019) was a minister of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT). He was born in Tainan. 

He was the General Secretary of the PCT from 1970 to 1989, during which period he became a  political prisoner for helping participants in the Kaohsiung Incident (1979). He was sentenced for 7 years in prison, and served his sentence from 1980 to 1984. 

In 2000, Kao Chun-ming was appointed a Senior Advisor to the Office of the President. In 2006 he supported the then-president Chen against his former comrade Shih, who led a movement for a forced resignation of Chen called ‘Million Voices Against Corruption, President Chen Must Go’.

Kao died on 14 February 2019 from liver failure at the age of 89.Taiwan independence advocate, church reverend dies at 90

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