Hsiao Uan-u

Hsiao Uan-u (Chinese: 蕭苑瑜; born 12 October 1973) is a Taiwanese politician.

Hsiao was born in Chiayi on October 12, 1973, the daughter of Hsiao Teng-wang, a former speaker of Chiayi City Council.^[1]

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 (M.B.A.) from Nanhua University.^[2] 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 (公部門與非營利組織合作發展文化觀光產業之研究－以嘉義市國際管樂節為例).^[3]

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" (服務場景、體驗價值、關係品質與關係行銷產出關係之研究).^[4]

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.^[5] 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.^[6][7] Months after Hsiao Uan-u completed her term in January 2002, Hsiao Teng-piao was paroled.^[1]