Ann Kao

Ann Kao
*Kao Hung-an*
MLY
Ann Kao; Kao Hung-an MLY
高虹安
	Official portrait, 2023
8th Mayor of Hsinchu
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 December 2022
Deputy	See list Tsai Li-tsing; (2022–2023); Andy Chiu; (2024–);
Preceded by	Chen Chang-hsien (acting); Lin Chih-chien
Member of the Legislative Yuan
	In office; 1 February 2020 – 25 December 2022
Succeeded by	Chen Wan-hui
Constituency	Party-list (‹See Tfd› Taiwan People's Party)
Personal details
Born	25 January 1984 (age 40); Neihu, Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwan
Political party	‹See Tfd› Taiwan People's Party (Suspended)
Alma mater	National Taiwan Normal University; National Taiwan University; University of Cincinnati

Ann Kao Hung-an (Chinese: 高虹安; pinyin: Gāo Hóng'ān; born 25 January 1984) is a Taiwanese business executive and politician. She earned bachelor's and master's degrees from National Taiwan Normal University and National Taiwan University, respectively, before working as a researcher for the Institute for Information Industry. The institute subsidized Kao's doctoral study at the University of Cincinnati. She then worked for Foxconn until 2020, when she was elected to the Legislative Yuan as a member of the Taiwan People's Party. Partway through her legislative term, Kao was elected Mayor of Hsinchu during the 2022 local election cycle.