Alice Wang
Alice Wang Wang Hsueh-fung | |
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王雪峰 | |
Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
In office 1 February 1999 – 31 January 2005 | |
Constituency | Taipei 1 |
In office 1 February 1996 – 31 January 1999 | |
Constituency | Taipei 2 |
Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 1 February 1992 – 31 January 1996 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 26 August 1964 |
Nationality | Taiwanese |
Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
Spouse |
Wang Tsuo-liang (m. 2002) |
Parent(s) | Wang Kun-ho (father) Kao Li-chun (mother) |
Alma mater | National Taiwan University Cornell University |
Occupation | politician |
Profession | lawyer |
Alice Wang (Chinese: 王雪峰; born 26 August 1964) is a Taiwanese politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 1996 to 2005.
Early life and career
[edit]Alice Wang was born to parents Wang Kun-ho and Kao Li-chun.[1][2] Both her father Wang Kun-ho and younger brother Wang Po-yu have served on the Taipei City Council.[1][3]
Alice Wang graduated from Taipei Private Yan Ping High School and attended National Taiwan University,[4] where she advocated for the democratization of Taiwan as a student activist.[1][5] After earning a bachelor's degree in law, Wang continued her legal education at Cornell University in the United States.[6] She worked as a lawyer and also taught at Tamkang University and National Open University.[1][7]
Political career
[edit]She won a seat on the National Assembly in 1991, taking office the next year at the age of 28.[1] She ran for the Legislative Yuan in 1995, winning reelection twice thereafter in 1998 and 2001. During her 2001 campaign, she expressed clear support for downsizing the legislature,[8] but broke with the Democratic Progressive Party by criticizing the vote allocation scheme in place that year.[9] In 2002, Wang pushed the DPP to nominate Yeh Chu-lan as its candidate for the Taipei mayoralty.[10] Instead, Yeh remained head of the Hakka Affairs Council until 2004.
As a legislator, Wang was noted for her speaking out on mental and public health issues, including tobacco consumption and drunk driving.[11][12] In 2000, she helped draw attention to conditions at the Lungfatang psychiatric care center in Kaohsiung County.[13][14][15]
Personal life
[edit]Wang co-founded a legislative group for unmarried female parliamentarians in 2002,[16] but left the group after marrying Wang Tsuo-liang in May 2002.[3] It was reported in 2009 that Wang and her husband were earning money from the collection of recyclables.[17] In January 2010, Alice Wang petitioned the Xindian bench of the Taipei District Court to grant her a restraining order against Wang Tsuo-liang, citing verbal and physical abuse.[18]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Low, Stephanie (14 October 2002). "For many of the nation's leaders, politics is a family affair". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ Chuang, Jimmy (30 September 2004). "DPP legislator's mother gets 30 months in prison". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Lawmaker Alice Wang weds, to her mother's delight". Taipei Times. 12 May 2002. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ "Wang Hsueh-fung (5)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ Lin, Mei-chun (8 October 2001). "Candidates say criticism still a must". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ "Wang Hsueh-fung (3)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ "Wang Hsueh-fung (4)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ Huang, Joyce; Low, Stephanie (15 November 2001). "DPP works toward a broad alliance". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ Tsai, Ting-i (19 November 2001). "December 1 elections: Fairness, feasibility of vote allocation stirs up discussion". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ "Pressure builds on DPP to run woman for mayor of Taipei". Taipei Times. 9 March 2002. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ Prelypchan, Erin (3 February 2000). "Legislators want 'sober up quick' ads to be axed". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ Chuang, Chi-ting (22 February 2001). "Lawmakers urge government lead in tobacco suits". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ "Patients escape alleged abuse at 'black jail'". Taipei Times. 22 January 2000. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ Ide, William (31 January 2000). "Escapees tell of Lungfatang life". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ Yen, Sen-lun (15 February 2000). "Lungfatang may face restructuring". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ "Single female politicians form tight-lipped club". Taipei Times. 11 November 2002. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ Wang, Flora (22 April 2009). "Legislators mixed on pension fund". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ Huang, Shelley (19 January 2010). "Ex-lawmaker seeks protection from 'abusive' husband". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- 1964 births
- Living people
- National Taiwan University alumni
- Cornell Law School alumni
- Academic staff of Tamkang University
- Taiwanese women lawyers
- 20th-century Taiwanese women politicians
- Taipei Members of the Legislative Yuan
- Members of the 3rd Legislative Yuan
- Members of the 4th Legislative Yuan
- Members of the 5th Legislative Yuan
- 21st-century Taiwanese women politicians