You Ching (; born 20 March 1942) was the

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(Taiwan) representative to

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. A practicing lawyer since 1978, he obtained his bachelor's degree in law from the

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in 1965 and his doctorate from the

University of Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

in 1978. You was elected as the first non-Kuomintang member of the

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in 1980. He first served as a member of the

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from 1987 to 1989, and then served two terms as the magistrate of

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from 1989 to 1997. He was again elected to the legislature in 2001 and reelected in 2004. You Ching's younger brother You Hung was a member of the Legislative Yuan between 1993 and 1999.

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