Wang Ching-feng

Wang Ching-feng 王清峰
Wang Ching-feng in July 2009
Minister of Justice of the Republic of China
In office 20 May 2008 – 12 March 2010
Deputy	Wu Chen-huan
Preceded by	Shih Mau-lin
Succeeded by	Huang Shih-ming (acting) Tseng Yung-fu
Personal details
Born	January 1, 1952 (1952-01) (age 72) Tainan City, Taiwan
Nationality	Republic of China
Alma mater	National Chengchi University
Occupation	Lawyer and politician

Wang Ching-feng (Chinese: 王清峰; pinyin: Wáng Qīngfēng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ông Chheng-hong; born January 1, 1952 in Tainan City) is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician.

Early life

Wang graduated from the Taipei First Girls' High School and received her bachelor's and master's degrees in law from National Chengchi University.

Early career

Wang has been working as a lawyer since graduation. Since 1987, she has been organising activities to give legal support to help Taiwanese comfort women, child prostitutes, and rape victims.

Political career

She was nominated as a member of the Control Yuan by then-President Lee Teng-hui, serving in this position from April 1993 to October 1995.

In October 1995, Wang resigned her Control Yuan position and accepted the invitation from Chen Li-an to be his partner in their 1996 ROC Presidential Election campaign. They finished last among the four candidates, winning 9.98% of the vote.

1996 Republic of China Presidential Election Result
President Candidate	Vice President Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Lee Teng-hui	Lien Chan	Kuomintang	5,813,699	54.0
Peng Ming-min	Frank Hsieh	Template:DPP	2,274,586	21.1
Lin Yang-kang	Hau Pei-tsun	Template:IND-TW	1,603,790	14.9
Chen Li-an	Wang Ching-feng	Template:IND-TW	1,074,044	9.9
Invalid/blank votes			117,160
Total			10,883,279	100

In 2004, as an independent, Wang served as a member in the highly controversial 3-19 Shooting Investigation Committee organised by the pan-blue coalition after its loss in the 2004 ROC Presidential election. In 2005 Wang secured a seat in the soon-to-be-defunct National Assembly of the Republic of China after the "150 persons union led by Jhang Ya Jhong", her recommending party, won 1.68% vote in the 2005 Republic of China National Assembly election and thereby secured five seats. Wang subsequently declined the offer before her inauguration.

ROC Justice Ministry

Wang was nominated by President Ma Ying-jeou to be Minister of Justice after he won the 2008 ROC Presidential Election. On March 10, 2010, Wang announced that she is in favour of the eventual abolition of the death penalty; she emphasised that she would not allow any executions during her tenure. Her speech aroused public protests, led by relatives of murder victims, such the entertainer Pai Ping-ping (whose daughter was kidnapped and murdered in 1997). There were calls for her to step down. Wang quit her ministerial position the next day.