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Taiwanese politician

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wu (吳).
Wu I-dingMLY
吳怡玎
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2020 – 31 January 2024
ConstituencyRepublic of China
Personal details
Born (1979-11-13) 13 November 1979 (age 45)
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Political partyKuomintang
EducationNational Taiwan University (BA)
University of Southampton (MSc)
Imperial College London (PhD)

Wu I-ding (Chinese: 吳怡玎; born 13 November 1979) is a former Taiwanese politician. She was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2020 and stood-down in January 2024.

Early life and education

Wu was born on 13 November 1979, and raised in Kaohsiung. She studied business administration at National Taiwan University, earned a Master of Science (MSc) in operations research and finance from the University of Southampton, and completed a Ph.D. in statistics at Imperial College London.

Political career

Wu was placed on the Kuomintang party list in the 2020 legislative elections as a representative of the youth vote. Ranked ninth on the list, she was elected to the Legislative Yuan.

She questioned the extension of tenure granted to the Transitional Justice Commission in April 2020.

In March 2020, Wu was elected to the Kuomintang Central Standing Committee.

References

  1. ^ "9號 吳怡玎". Liberty Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  2. Yeh, Su-ping; Yu, Hsiang; Mazzetta, Matthew (12 June 2020). "Vice premier among candidates tipped for Kaohsiung mayoral by-election". Central News Agency. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  3. Shih, Hsiao-kuang (28 December 2019). "2020 Elections: KMT backs Han proposal on SID, urges DPP probe". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  4. Ho, Thomas (25 November 2019). "KMT list: No care for party's future". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  5. "Wu I-ding". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  6. Lin, Sean (27 May 2020). "Lawmakers approve justice panel members". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  7. Liu, Kaun-ting; Liu, Kay (5 March 2022). "Legislator Fu Kun-chi strongly elected to KMT decision-making body". Central News Agency. Retrieved 6 March 2022. Republished as: "Fu wins big in board vote". Taipei Times. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.


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