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

National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology (NKFUST; ) was a national coeducational university in Nanzih District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It was colloquially known as Gaokeda ('高科大®'', Pinyin Gaōkēdà) or Gaoxiongkeda ('高 ...

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.

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* (Chinese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hung, Tzu-yung 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