Huang Ming-chao

Huang Ming-chao (Chinese: 黃明昭; born 1962) is a Taiwanese police officer.

By 2012, Huang was the director of criminal investigations for the Taipei City Police Department.^[1] In this capacity, he was questioned about the department's actions during the Sunflower Student Movement.^[2][3] By 2017, Huang had become deputy director of the National Police Agency's Criminal Investigation Bureau.^[4] In 2019, Huang was promoted to first-in-command of the CIB, from his previous post as chief of police in Keelung.^[5] As CIB head, he commented on the tracking of drug traffickers and organized crime syndicates operating in Taiwan.^[6][7] In September of that year, Huang was tasked with visiting Kaohsiung as the city confronted incidents of violence throughout the month,^[8][9] attributed in part to a dispute between internet celebrities.^[8][10] After the Executive Yuan proposed regulations on modified air guns, Huang stated that the National Police Agency would publish a list of banned modifications.^[11][12] Huang remained with the Criminal Investigation Bureau through 2020.^[13][14] When Chen Chi-mai took office as Mayor of Kaohsiung in 2021, Huang accepted an appointment as director of the Kaohsiung Police Department.^[5][15] While leading the Kaohsiung Police Department, Huang commented on the police investigation of the 2021 Kaohsiung building fire.^[16][17] After Chen Ja-chin [zh]'s request for early retirement was granted, Huang was appointed director-general of the National Police Agency.^[5][18]