Koo Kwang-ming (Chinese: 辜寬敏; pinyin: Gū Kuānmǐn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ko͘ Khoan-bín; 15 October 1926 – 27 February 2023)[1] was a Taiwanese statesman, businessman, and independence activist.

[8] Influential independence activist Su Beng contradicted this assertion, accusing Koo of "surrendering to the Chiang government".

[9] Koo joined the Democratic Progressive Party in 1996, when fellow independence activist Peng Ming-min received its presidential nomination.

The campaign was notable for controversial remarks made by Koo about the suitability of an unmarried woman to lead,[11] widely interpreted as an attack on the eventual winner, Tsai Ing-wen, who became the first elected female head of the party.

Koo was appointed adviser to Tsai Ing-wen in November 2016, four months after she had taken office as President of the Republic of China.