Ju Gau-jeng (Chinese: 朱高正; pinyin: Zhū Gāozhèng; 6 October 1954 – 22 October 2021) was a Taiwanese politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 1987 to 1999. He was known for his combative personality, and helped found two political parties.
Ju co-founded the Democratic Progressive Party in 1986, and was responsible for writing the party charter.[3] He was elected to the Legislative Yuan for the first time that year.[4] Shortly after taking office, Ju gained the nickname Rambo for his combative personality, which frequently led to him physically fighting other lawmakers.[5][6] The first instance of legislative brawling in Taiwan involved Ju, and took place on 7 April 1988, after speaker Liu Kuo-tsai had started counting votes on a budget proposal, which passed. Ju jumped onto the speaker's podium, followed by Jaw Shaw-kong, who was attempting to stop Ju. Throughout the altercation, Liu continued counting votes.[7] Ju ran for election in 1989 without the support of the Democratic Progressive Party, and managed to retain his legislative seat.[8] For mounting an independent campaign, Ju was expelled from the DPP in February 1990 and founded the Chinese Social Democratic Party in 1991.[9][10] He contested the 1992 legislative elections as a CSDP candidate, which he won.[11] As the only member of his party, Ju chose to caucus with the New Party.[12] By 1993, Ju had again decided to switch affiliations. Though he briefly considered joining the Kuomintang,[3] he was named the New Party candidate for governor of Taiwan Province in August 1994.[13][14] As a result, Ju consolidated the CSDP with the New Party on 28 December 1994.[15] He lost the gubernatorial election to incumbent James Soong, but subsequently was reelected to parliament as a member of the New Party in 1995.[16][17] Ju was expelled from the New Party in 1997, and not reelected as an independent candidate in the 1998 legislative election.[18] Ju and Hsu Hsin-liang created the Tangwai round-table forum in February 2003.[19] After his retirement from politics, Ju taught law at Peking University.[20]
