What is Chun-Ming Kao?
[[Image:Chun-Ming Kao crop.jpg|thumb|right|Kao Chun-ming]] '''Kao Chun-ming''' ({{zh|t=高俊明|poj=Ko Chùn-bêng}}; 6 June 1929 – 14 February 2019) was a [[Minister (Christianity)|minister]] of the [[Presbyterian Church in Taiwan]] (PCT). He was born in [[Tainan City|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.<ref>[http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201902140020.aspx Taiwan independence advocate, church reverend dies at 90]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ettoday.net/news/20190214/1378321.htm|title=年初登報籲蔡英文「放棄連任」！高俊明牧師辭世 享壽90歲|publisher=ettoday.net|date=14 February 2019|access-date=14 February 2019|language=zh}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kao, Chun-ming}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Taiwanese activists]] [[Category:Presbyterian ministers]] [[Category:Taiwanese religious leaders]] {{bio-stub}}