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Wang Hsueh-fung (Chinese: 王雪峰; born 26 August 1964), also known by her English name Alice Wang, is a Taiwanese politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 1996 to 2005.
Alice Wang Wang Hsueh-fung | |
|---|---|
王雪峰 | |
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| 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) |
| Education | National Taiwan University (LLB) Cornell University (LLM) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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 of Laws (LL.B.), Wang continued her legal education at Cornell University in the United States and obtained a master's degree in law.[6] She worked as a lawyer and also taught at Tamkang University and National Open University.[1][7]
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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]
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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]
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