Notable Alumni of Fu Jen Catholic University [Sorted List]

1. Wei-Min Hao

1953-. (aged 73)

meteorologist

Wei-Min Hao is a Taiwanese-American atmospheric chemist, climatologist, and currently works in the United States Department of Agriculture. His work directly contributed to the reason for awarding the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. He is a member of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and an author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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2. Weng Wei-pin

1991-. (aged 35)

association football player

Weng Wei-pin is a Taiwanese footballer who currently plays as a defender for the Chinese Taipei national football team.

3. Wu Pai-ho

1987-. (aged 39)

association football player

Wu Pai-ho is a Taiwanese football player. He received the "Golden Shoe" award in the Highschool Football League 2006 season.

4. Hou Ching-shan

1950-. (aged 76)

diplomat politician

Hou Ching-shan or Javier Ching-Shan Hou is a Taiwanese philologist and diplomat. He was the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2015–2018.

5. Hsiao Shu-chin

1960-. (aged 66)

para table tennis player

Hsiao Shu-chin is a Taiwanese para table tennis player. She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics and a silver at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.

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6. Lee-Jen Wei

biostatistician statistician

Lee-Jen Wei is a Taiwanese-American biostatistician who is a professor of biostatistics at Harvard University.

7. José María Liu

civil servant diplomat

José María Liu is a Taiwanese diplomat.

8. Peng Tao

1913-1961 (aged 48)

politician

Peng Tao was a Chinese politician who served as Minister of Chemical Industry from 1959 to 1961.

9. Sheng-Ching Chang

1963-. (aged 63)

art historian

Sheng-Ching Chang is a Taiwanese art historian. She serves as the director of the Graduate Institute of Museum Studies at Fu Jen Catholic University and a professor at the Department of History of Fu Jen Catholic University in Taipei.

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10. Tseng Chih-wei

1991-. (aged 35)

association football player

Tseng Chih-wei is a Taiwanese footballer who currently plays as a forward at the national and club level.

11. Wang Jin-yong

1975-. (aged 51)

baseball player

Wang Jin-yong is a retired Taiwanese professional baseball player who played for Brother Elephants of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) his entire career.

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12. Huang Sue-ying

1951-. (aged 75)

politician

Huang Sue-ying is a Taiwanese activist and politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2012.

13. Tien Chung-kwang

diplomat

Tien Chung-kwang is a Taiwanese politician who served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2020 to 2025.

14. Katsuben Ri

1958-. (aged 68)

Catholic priest Catholic bishop

Bishop John Baptist Lee Keh-mien, JCD is the fourth and current bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hsinchu, in Taiwan.

15. Walis Perin

1952-. (aged 74)

politician

Walis Perin is a Seediq Taiwanese politician. He served four terms in the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 2005, each time with a different political affiliation. He became a founding member of the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union in 2004, and after losing reelection, was appointed the minister for the Council of Indigenous Peoples in 2005. He stepped down in 2007, and...

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16. Lu Kuo-hua

1956-. (aged 70)

politician

Lu Kuo-hua is a politician in the Republic of China. He was the Magistrate of Yilan County from 2005 to 2009.

17. Joseph Ha

1959-. (aged 67)

Catholic priest Catholic bishop

Joseph Ha Chi-shing, O.F.M., is a Roman Catholic bishop and currently the auxiliary bishop of Hong Kong.

18. Chiang Been-huang

1952-. (aged 74)

politician

Chiang Been-huang is a Taiwanese food scientist. He served as the Minister of Health and Welfare from 22 October 2014 to 20 May 2016.

19. Liao Pen-yen

1956-. (aged 70)

politician

Liao Pen-yen is a Taiwanese politician who served two terms in the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2008.

20. Steve Chang

1954-. (aged 72)

businessperson

Steve Chang is a Taiwanese businessman and the founder, chairman and former CEO of Trend Micro, the world's largest software security firm. He was named "Star of Asia" by the Business Week in 1999, and he was selected as one of the six protagonists of the Discovery Channel's Portraits Taiwan II in 2006.

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21. Wang Guangying

1919-2018 (aged 99)

entrepreneur politician

Wang Guangying was a Chinese entrepreneur and politician. He was one of the most prominent "red capitalists", a title bestowed on him by Premier Zhou Enlai. He founded Modern Chemical Works in the 1940s and served as Founding Chairman of China Everbright Group in the 1980s. His sister Wang Guangmei was the wife of President Liu Shaoqi, and for that...

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22. Oscar Chiu

1985-. (aged 41)

film actor actor television actor

Oscar Chiu is a Taiwanese actor best known for his roles as Tony in Story in Taipei (2017) and Kevin Zhang in The Teacher (2019). He was nominated for Best New Performer in the 56th Golden Horse Awards with the latter role.

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23. Wang Shu-hui

1955-. (aged 71)

politician

Wang Shu-hui is a Taiwanese political scientist, linguist, and former legislator for the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan.

24. Wu Cherng-dean

1957-. (aged 69)

politician

Wu Cherng-dean is a Taiwanese politician and chemist who is currently the chairman of the New Party.

25. Ho Pei-shan

1967-. (aged 59)

politician

Ho Pei-shan is a Taiwanese politician who served as Minister of Labor from May to November 2024. She previously served as the deputy secretary-general of the Executive Yuan from 2016 to 2024.

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26. Shih Jun-ji

1955-. (aged 71)

politician economist

Shih Jun-ji is a Taiwanese economist and politician. He served as the second chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission from 2006 to 2007 after Kong Jaw-sheng was removed from office. Shih served concurrently as Governor of Taiwan Province and minister without portfolio in 2016. Later that year, he was named chair of the Taiwan Stock Exchange. In 2017, he took...

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27. Huang Hsiao-wen

1997-. (aged 29)

boxer

Huang Hsiao-wen is a Taiwanese boxer. She is a three-time world champion having won gold medals in the bantamweight division at the 2019 and 2023 IBA Women's World Championships and in the 54kg category at the 2025 World Boxing Championships. Huang also won a bronze medal competing at flyweight at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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28. Hsieh Ming-yu

1969-. (aged 57)

singer songwriter lyricist composer record producer

Hsieh Ming-yu is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter.

29. Pan Wei-Lun

1982-. (aged 44)

baseball player

Pan Wei-lun is a Taiwanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Uni-President Lions from 2003 to 2024.

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30. Zhang Dachun

1957-. (aged 69)

writer

Chang Ta-chun, also known as Dachun Zhang, is a Taiwanese author and literary critic. He is the author of many novels, two of which, Wild Child ( 野孩子 ) and My Kid Sister (我妹妹), were published together in the U.S. as Wild Kids (Two Novels about Growing Up) by Columbia University Press (2000), translated from the Chinese by Michael Berry.

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31. Chia-ying Yeh

1924-2024 (aged 100)

poet literary critic writer university teacher literary scholar

Florence Chia-ying Yeh FRSC, also known as Ye Jiaying (simplified Chinese: 叶嘉莹; traditional Chinese: 葉嘉瑩), Jialing (迦陵), and by her married name Chia-ying Yeh Chao, was a Chinese-born Taiwanese-Canadian poet and sinologist. She was a scholar of classical Chinese poetry. Yeh taught for 20 years at the University of British Columbia (UBC), and was a professor emerita from her retirement...

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32. Lin Chih-chia

1958-. (aged 68)

politician

Lin Chih-chia is a Taiwanese politician. He served as the secretary-general of the Legislative Yuan from 1 February 2016 to 1 February 2024.

33. Yang Chin-Min

1984-. (aged 42)

basketball player

Yang Chin-min is a Taiwanese professional basketball coach and former player. Recently, he is the assistant coach of Taiwan Beer of the Super Basketball League (SBL). He formerly played for the Taiwan Beer of the Super Basketball League. Yang also plays for the Chinese Taipei national basketball team and made his national team debut at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009.

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34. Neil Peng

1953-. (aged 73)

screenwriter film director writer journalist actor

Neil Peng is a Taiwanese screenwriter and political activist.

35. Cheng Wei-hao

1984-. (aged 42)

film director screenwriter

Cheng Wei-hao is a Taiwanese film director and screenwriter.

36. Stan Lai

1954-. (aged 72)

playwright writer film director

Stan Lai or Lai Sheng-chuan is an American-born Taiwanese playwright and theater director who is perhaps best known for his play Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land. Lai is also a filmmaker, and a practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism and has translated multiple books on the subject. Robert Brustein has called Lai "The major contemporary Asian playwright of his time, perhaps...

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37. Andrew Hsia

1950-. (aged 76)

diplomat politician

Hsia Li-yan, also known by his English name Andrew Hsia, is a Taiwanese lawyer and diplomat who is a vice chairman of the Kuomintang. He was minister of the Mainland Affairs Council from February 2015 to May 2016, and was chairman of the Association of Foreign Relations (AFR) from 2017 to 2022. Since 2023, he continues to serve on the...

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38. Yen Hsing-su

1976-. (aged 50)

basketball coach television actor basketball player actor singer

Yen Hsing-su, also known as Johnny Yen, is a Taiwanese basketball coach and former basketball player, singer and actor. Since 2017 he has been the assistant coach of the Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team. From 2015 to 2017 he coached the Fubon Braves in Taiwan's Super Basketball League.

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39. Chen Chih-Yuan

1976-. (aged 50)

baseball player

Chen Chih-yuan is a Taiwanese aborigine (tribe: Amis) former professional baseball player (position: outfielder).

40. Chou Szu-Chi

1981-. (aged 45)

baseball player

Chou Szu-chi is a Taiwanese former professional baseball outfielder. He played 20 seasons in Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Macoto Cobras/dmedia T-REX and Brother Elephants/Chinatrust Elephants/CTBC Brothers.

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41. Yeh Chu-lan

1949-. (aged 77)

politician

Yeh Chu-lan is a Taiwanese politician who served as the Vice Premier of Taiwan under the Yu Shyi-kun cabinet. She has also served as the acting Mayor of Kaohsiung, Minister of Transportation and Communications, Minister of Council for Hakka Affairs, and the secretary-general of the presidential office of Taiwan under the Chen Shui-bian government. She was the senior advisor to...

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42. Thomas Wu

1950-. (aged 76)

businessperson

Thomas Wu is a Taiwanese business executive. As of October 2025, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$2.4 billion.

43. Wu Nien-jen

1952-. (aged 74)

screenwriter television actor film director actor

Wu Nien-jen is a Taiwanese screenwriter, director, and writer. He is one of the most prolific and highly regarded scriptwriters in Taiwan and a leading member of the New Taiwanese Cinema, although he has also acted in a number of films. He starred in Edward Yang's 2000 film Yi Yi. Wu is a well-known supporter of the Democratic Progressive Party...

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44. Heaven Hai

1977-. (aged 49)

actor presenter

Heaven Hai Yu-fen, also known as Hai Fen, is a Taiwanese host, actress, entrepreneur and television producer. She had her debut as a host for TVBS-G, on Entertainment News, and has appeared in several television series and films since 2009. In 2016, she was nominated for the Golden Bell Award for Best Newcomer in a Television Series for War Family.

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45. Chou Hsi-wei

1958-. (aged 68)

politician professor

Chou Hsi-wei is a Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2005. He then served as Taipei County Magistrate from 2005 to 2010.

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46. Sean Lien

1970-. (aged 56)

basketball player politician

Lien Sheng-wen, also known by his English name Sean Lien, is a Taiwanese lawyer who serves as Vice Chairman of the Kuomintang alongside Huang Min-hui and Andrew Hsia. He is co-founder of Evenstar Capital and previously served as chairman of the Taipei Smart Card Corporation, the company which operates EasyCard.

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47. Patrick Shi

1996-. (aged 30)

model actor

Shih Po-yu, also known as Patrick Shih, is a Taiwanese actor and model.

48. Wang Guangmei

1921-2006 (aged 85)

politician

Wang Guangmei was a Chinese politician, philanthropist and the wife of Liu Shaoqi, who served as the spouse of the President of the People's Republic of China from 1959 to 1968.

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49. Pasuya Yao

1965-. (aged 61)

journalist politician

Yao Wen-chih, also known by the appropriated Tsou name Pasuya Yao, is a Taiwanese film maker and former politician. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party, he served in the Legislative Yuan from 2012 to 2018.

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50. Hsueh Shih-ling

1983-. (aged 43)

actor

Hsueh Shih-ling, also known as 40 or MC40, is a Taiwanese actor, singer, rapper, songwriter, and television presenter.

51. David Wang

1974-. (aged 52)

television actor film actor

Wang Yaoqing, also known as David Wang, is a Taiwanese actor.

52. Beatrice Fang

1990-. (aged 36)

film actor actor television actor

Beatrice Fang is a Taiwanese actress.

53. MC HotDog

1978-. (aged 48)

singer rapper

MCHotDog is a Taiwanese rap artist and best known as “The Father of Taiwanese Hip Hop Music”. He is also known for his use of explicit lyrics in his songs.

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54. Vivian Sung

1992-. (aged 34)

film actor actor television actor

Vivian Sung Yun-hua is a Taiwanese actress. She made her acting debut as the female lead in the film Café. Waiting. Love (2014). She rose to fame with her role in the film Our Times (2015), which earned her a nomination for Best Leading Actress at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards. On television, she starred opposite Marcus Chang in the...

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55. Lin Yun-Ju

2001-. (aged 25)

table tennis player

Lin Yun-Ju is a Taiwanese table tennis player. He is a left-handed player who plays with the shakehand grip.

56. Kuo Hsing-chun

1993-. (aged 33)

weightlifter

Kuo Hsing-chun is a Taiwanese Amis weightlifter, Olympic gold medalist, five time world champion, two time Universiade champion, Asian Games champion, and five time Asian champion, competing in the 58 kg division until 2018 and 59 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. She has set 11 senior world records in her career.

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57. Tsao Yu-ning

1994-. (aged 32)

film actor actor baseball player

Tsao Yu-ning is a Taiwanese actor, best known for his portrayal of Akira in the 2014 sports film Kano. Prior to his debut as an actor, Tsao was a professional baseball player, and played for Taiwan at international tournaments.

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58. Faye

1981-. (aged 45)

actor singer singer-songwriter

Zhan Wen-ting, known professionally as Faye, is a Taiwanese singer. She is the former lead vocalist of pop rock band F.I.R., who won Golden Melody Award for Best New Artist in 2005.

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59. Jolin Tsai

1980-. (aged 46)

songwriter recording artist performing artist voice actor record producer

Jolin Tsai I-lin, also romanized as Jolin Cai, is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Recognized as the "Queen of C-Pop", Tsai is one of the most influential figures in the Chinese-speaking world's pop culture. Her continuous reinvention and versatility in musical style and visual presentation have established her as a leading figure in popularizing dance-pop music in...

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60. Nicky Wu

1970-. (aged 56)

actor television actor film actor television producer recording artist

Nicky Wu is a Taiwanese singer, actor and producer. He found fame in 1988 as a member of boyband Little Tigers. He later embarked on a solo career, known for his roles in TV series At the Threshold of an Era (1999), Treasure Raiders (2002) and Scarlet Heart (2011).

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61. Julia Hsieh

1991-. (aged 35)

politician

Hsieh Tzu-han, also known by her English name Julia Hsieh, is a Taiwanese politician who served as the acting Spokesperson of the Executive Yuan since 2024.

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62. Su Jain-rong

1961-. (aged 65)

politician

Su Jain-rong is a Taiwanese economist who served as the minister of Finance from 2018 to 2022.

63. Su Huan-chih

1956-. (aged 70)

lawyer politician

Su Huan-chih is a Taiwanese politician who was the magistrate of Tainan County from 2001 to 2010, until Tainan County's merger into Tainan City. Born in a rural township in southern Taiwan, Su graduated from National Taiwan University. He passed the bar examination in 1986 and started his career as a lawyer.

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64. Cheng Nan-jung

1947-1989 (aged 42)

journalist

Cheng Nan-jung was a Taiwanese publisher and pro-democracy activist. He was the founder of the Freedom Era Weekly. He is most known internationally for setting himself on fire in support of freedom of speech.

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65. April Yao

1969-. (aged 57)

politician

Yao Ching-ling, also known by the English name April Yao, is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician who has served as the magistrate of Taitung since 2018. A member of the Kuomintang (KMT), she was previously elected as a member of Taitung County Council in 2005 and became speaker in 2010.

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66. Lin Chuan

1951-. (aged 75)

politician economist

Lin Chuan is a Taiwanese economist, lawyer, and politician who served as the Premier of the Republic of China from 2016 to 2017. He was the first cabinet head under the Tsai Ing-wen government. Before his premiership, he had also served as the Minister of Budget, Accounting and Statistics and Minister of Finance during Chen Shui-bian's presidency.

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67. Chou Kung-shin

1947-. (aged 79)

historian writer

Chou Kung-shin is a Taiwanese scholar, writer, historian and archaeologist. She served as Director of National Palace Museum from May 2008 till July 2012.

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68. Hong I-Chung

1961-. (aged 65)

baseball player

Hong I-chung, nicknamed "Hongzhong", is a Taiwanese former professional baseball catcher and current manager for the TSG Hawks of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He played in the CPBL from 1990 to 1996 for the Brother Elephants. He has previously served as the manager of the La New Bears, Lamigo Monkeys, and Fubon Guardians, and became the manager of...

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69. Lin Yu-ting

1995-. (aged 31)

boxer

Lin Yu-ting is a Taiwanese amateur boxer. She has won two gold medals at the IBA World Boxing Championships, in addition to two gold medals at the Asian Games and one at the Asian Amateur Boxing Championships. She competed for Taiwan at the 2024 Summer Olympics where she defeated Julia Szeremeta of Poland in the final of the women's 57...

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70. Lin Tai-hua

1972-. (aged 54)

politician

Lin Tai-hua is a Taiwanese politician. She is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). After losing the election in 2008, she briefly served as the chairman of the Youth Counseling Committee of the Executive Yuan. She first was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2002. In 2012 and 2016, she was re-elected with the highest number of votes...

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71. Rosalia Wu

1974-. (aged 52)

politician

Wu Szu-yao, also known by her English name Rosalia Wu, is a Taiwanese politician. Elected to the Taipei City Council in 2006, she served until 2016, when she won election to the Legislative Yuan.

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72. Wu Mingyi

1971-. (aged 55)

university teacher writer artist

Wu Ming-yi is a multidisciplinary Taiwanese writer and scholar. Wu has published collections of essays, short stories and novels. He is best known for his novels The Man with the Compound Eyes and The Stolen Bicycle, the latter of which was longlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2018.

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73. Cheng I-Ching

1992-. (aged 34)

table tennis player

Cheng I-ching is a Taiwanese table tennis player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Li Xiaoxia, and as part of the Chinese Taipei team in the women's team event. Cheng helped Chinese Taipei woman's team win bronze at the World Team Championships and became the...

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74. Zheng Bijian

1932-. (aged 94)

politician

Zheng Bijian is a Chinese politician and government advisor whose theories about globalism and transparency emphasize the importance of projecting soft power and peace. Zheng is recognized for coining the term "China's peaceful rise" as part of a Ministry of State Security (MSS) influence operation.

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75. Wang Ju-hsuan

1961-. (aged 65)

lawyer politician

Wang Ju-hsuan, also known as Jennifer Wang, is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician. She was the Minister of the Council of Labor Affairs from 2008 to 2012. In 2015, Wang was selected as Eric Chu's running mate on the Kuomintang (KMT) ticket for the 2016 Republic of China presidential election, which they eventually lost.

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76. Yang Ying-hsiung

1957-. (aged 69)

politician

Yang Ying-hsiung is a Taiwanese politician.

77. Andrew Nien-dzu Yang

1955-. (aged 71)

politician

Yang Nien-dzu, also known by his English name Andrew Nien-dzu Yang, is a Taiwanese international relations professor who served as the 29th Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China in 2013. Before this, he was the Deputy Minister of National Defense from 2009 to 2013.

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78. Huang Ching-ying

1992-. (aged 34)

journalist politician

Huang Ching-yin, nicknamed Hsueh-chieh, is a Taiwanese politician who has served as Taipei City Councillor for the 1st constituency since 2022.

79. Chen I-hsin

1972-. (aged 54)

politician

Chen I-hsin, also known by his English name Charles Chen, is a Taiwanese economist, econometrician, and politician.

80. Jhy-wey Hsieh

1955-. (aged 71)

diplomat politician university teacher

Shieh Jhy-wey is a Taiwanese politician and diplomat who is currently the Taiwanese Representative to the EU and Belgium, serving since August 2025. Previously, he served as Taiwanese Representative to Germany from 2016 to 2025, and as director-general of Government Information Office from 2007 to 2008.

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81. Yao Li-ming

1952-. (aged 74)

pundit politician university teacher

Yao Li-ming is a Taiwanese political scientist, politician, and political commentator. He was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1995 as a member of the New Party, then withdrew from the party before concluding his term in 1999. Yao ran for reelection in 2008, while affiliated with the Home Party and was not elected. He later worked for Ko Wen-je's...

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82. Paelabang Danapan

1953-. (aged 73)

politician

Paelabang Danapan, also known as Sun Ta-chuan (Chinese: 孫大川; pinyin: Sūn Dàchuān), is a Taiwanese sinologist and politician. He had served as Minister of the Council of Indigenous Peoples from 2009 to 2013 and Vice President of the Control Yuan from 2014 to 2020. Sun is a member of the Puyuma tribe in Taiwan, and is also a Roman Catholic.

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