Hung Tzu-yung (; born 20 December 1982) is a Taiwanese politician. Following the
death of Hung Chung-chiu
The death of Hung Chung-chiu (; 8 September 1989 – 4 July 2013), a Republic of China Army, Republic of China (Taiwan) Army specialist in the 542nd Armor Brigade, occurred under suspicious death, suspicious circumstances while serving a detention ...
, her younger brother, in 2013, she joined the
New Power Party
The New Power Party (NPP) is a political party in Taiwan formed in early 2015. The party emerged from the Sunflower Student Movement in 2014, and advocates for universal human rights, civil and political liberties, as well as Taiwan independenc ...
upon its founding in 2015, and won election to the
Legislative Yuan
The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel v ...
. Hung left the NPP in August 2019, partway through her first legislative term.
Early life
She obtained her bachelor's degree in marketing and distribution management from
.
Political career
On 24 February 2015, Hung was nominated by the New Power Party as candidate for the legislative seat in the 3rd constituency of
Taichung City
Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Taiw ...
, which includes
Tanzi,
Daya,
Shengang and
Houli. She opposed incumbent
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...
legislator
Yang Chiung-ying in the
2016 legislative election, whom she defeated by 15,117 votes. After taking office, Hung was assigned to the Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee. Hung left the NPP on 13 August 2019, over a disagreement regarding the status of the NPP's cooperation with the
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a Taiwanese nationalist and centre-left political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Controlling both the Republic of China presidency and the unicameral Legislative Yuan, it is the majori ...
. Hung announced that she would work more closely with the DPP and seek reelection in 2020 as an independent.
However, she lost the 2020 elections to her former opponent, Yang Chiung-ying.
References
External links
* (Chinese)
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1982 births
Living people
Taichung Members of the Legislative Yuan
21st-century Taiwanese women politicians
Members of the 9th Legislative Yuan
New Power Party Members of the Legislative Yuan
National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology alumni