Lwo Shih-hsiung

Lwo Shih-hsiung (Chinese: 羅世雄; born 23 May 1969) is a Taiwanese politician.

His father was Luo Chuan-chin. Lwo completed his primary and secondary education in Kaohsiung, Taiwan before earning a degree from National Cheng Kung University. He then completed some graduate work at National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU).^[1][2]

Lo was first elected in Kaohsiung 1st district in 2001, and won reelection for the same seat in 2004.^[3] In 2006, Lwo contested the Kuomintang nomination for the Kaohsiung mayoralty.^[4] The party backed Huang Chun-ying, and Huang lost to Democratic Progressive Party candidate Chen Chu. Lwo remained a member of the Legislative Yuan, and in May 2006, proposed a recall motion against president Chen Shui-bian that was rejected.^[5] His 2008 reelection bid featured the use of caricatures of himself as a bear.^[6] After Typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan in 2009, Lwo was named to a committee specially convened to handle disaster relief.^[7] He later became executive director of the Southern Taiwan Joint Services Center, under the purview of the Executive Yuan.^[8] It was announced that Lwo had resigned the position in October 2011.^[9]