Liu Ping-wei
{{Short description|Taiwanese politician (1952–2020)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Liu Ping-wei
| native_name = {{nobold|劉炳偉}}
| smallimage =
| caption =
| nationality = Taiwanese
| order1 =
| office1 = Member of the Legislative Yuan
| term_start1 = 1 February 1999
| term_end1 = 31 January 2002
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| constituency1 = Taipei County
| order2 =
| office2 = Speaker of the Taiwan Provincial Council
| term_start2 = 20 December 1994
| term_end2 = 19 December 1998
| predecessor2 = Chien Ming-ching
| successor2 = {{ill|Lin Po-jung|zh|林柏榕}} as Speaker of the Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council
| order3 =
| office3 = Deputy Speaker of the Taiwan Provincial Assembly
| term_start3 = 1 February 1993
| term_end3 = 19 December 1994
| predecessor3 = Huang Chen-yu
| successor3 = {{ill|Yang Wen-hsin|zh|楊文欣}}
| leader3 = Chien Ming-ching
| order4 =
| office4 = Member of the Taiwan Provincial Assembly
| term_start4 = 20 December 1981
| term_end4 = 19 December 1998
| predecessor4 =
| successor4 =
| constituency4 = Taipei County
| birth_date = {{birth date|1952|11|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = Banqiao, Taipei County, Taiwan
| death_date ={{death date and age|2020|4|21|1952|11|30|df=y}}
| death_place = Banqiao, New Taipei, Taiwan
| party = Kuomintang
| spouse =
| alma_mater = Hsing Wu School of Business
}}
Liu Ping-wei ({{zh|t=劉炳偉|p=Liú Bǐngwěi}}; 30 November 1952 – 21 April 2020) was a Taiwanese politician. He was first elected to the Taiwan Provincial Assembly in 1981 and served continuously until 1998. Liu assumed the speakership of the provincial assembly between 1994 and 1998, and sat for a single term in the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2002.
Personal life and education
Liu Ping-wei was born in 1952,{{cite news |last1=黃 |first1=旭昇 |title=劉炳偉病逝 叱吒政壇風雲見證板橋一頁滄桑 |url=https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aipl/202004210287.aspx |accessdate=22 April 2020 |agency=Central News Agency |date=21 April 2020 |language=zh}} the eldest son of real estate investor and Banqiao mayor Liu Shun-tien. Liu Ping-wei attended the Hsing Wu School of Business. His family owned the Hai Shan Group,{{cite news |last1=Chu |first1=Monique |title=Legislators looking for new footing to stay on top |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2000/04/17/0000032594/2 |accessdate=22 November 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=17 April 2000}} founded by the elder Liu.{{cite news |title=獨／劉炳偉病逝…「廟公」精彩人生曝 |url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E7%8D%A8-%E5%8A%89%E7%82%B3%E5%81%89%E7%97%85%E9%80%9D-%E6%9B%BE%E7%95%B6%E5%BB%9F%E5%85%AC%E7%B2%BE%E5%BD%A9%E4%BA%BA%E7%94%9F%E6%9B%9D-073521114.html |accessdate=22 April 2020 |agency=SET News |publisher=Yahoo! Taiwan |date=21 April 2020 |language=zh}} Liu Ping-wei's three younger brothers were Ping-huang, who worked in real estate, Ping-hua, who was elected to the second Legislative Yuan, and Liu Ping-chung, an administrator at Chunghsing Hospital in Banqiao.{{cite news |last1=何 |first1=玉華 |title=曾是政壇當紅炸子雞 前省議會議長劉炳偉病逝 |url=https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/3140300 |accessdate=22 April 2020 |work=Liberty Times |date=21 April 2020 |language=zh}}
Liu Ping-wei's daughter {{ill|Liu Mei-fang|zh|劉美芳}} has served on the New Taipei City Council.
Political career
Liu was a member of the Taiwan Provincial Assembly for four terms from 1981 until 1999. In his third term, Liu served as deputy speaker, and was elected to the speakership in his final term. He won election to the Legislative Yuan in 1998, and served until 2002.{{cite news |title=Liu Ping-wei (4) |url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=11310 |accessdate=22 November 2019 |agency=Legislative Yuan}} In 2000, Liu founded the New Taiwan Policy Research Foundation, an interparty think tank of national legislators, as well as the New Taiwan Political Alliance, for supporters of James Soong.{{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Ro-Jinn |title='Reformers' need taste of their own medicine |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2000/03/28/0000029824 |accessdate=22 November 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=28 March 2000}} Liu himself had close relationships with Soong{{cite news |last1=Kuo |first1=Julian |authorlink1=Julian Kuo |title=Can Lien and Soong work together? |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2000/07/03/0000042363 |accessdate=22 November 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=3 July 2000}} and Lien Chan.{{cite news |last1=Low |first1=Stephanie |title=KMT lawmakers return to the fold |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2001/01/09/0000069011 |accessdate=22 November 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=9 January 2001}} Liu renewed his Kuomintang membership in January 2001.{{cite news |last1=Lin |first1=Chieh-yu |title=KMT exodus could cost party its majority |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2001/01/04/0000068346 |accessdate=22 November 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=4 January 2001}} The party did not nominate Liu for a second term on the Legislative Yuan.{{cite news |last1=Hsu |first1=Crystal |title=KMT hits back against 'crazy' DPP allegations of electoral vote-buying |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2001/05/03/0000084175 |accessdate=22 November 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=3 May 2001}}
Overseas trips taken by Liu shortly after stepping down as a national legislator twice became subject to investigation. The first was in 2005, as part of a probe into Chen Che-nan and the Kaohsiung MRT foreign workers scandal.{{cite news |last1=Shih |first1=Hsiu-chuan |title=Chen expresses 'shame' over corruption |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/10/30/2003277952/2 |accessdate=22 November 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=30 October 2005}} The second took place in 2007, during an investigation into prosecutor Shen Ming-yen.{{cite news |last1=Chang |first1=Rich |title=Prosecutor Shen probed over alleged gambling trip |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/03/15/2003352358 |accessdate=22 November 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=15 March 2007}}
Death
Liu Ping-wei sought treatment for oral cancer at Banqiao Chunghsing Hospital, where he died on 21 April 2020, aged 67.{{cite news |last1=葉 |first1=德正 |title=前台灣省議會議長劉炳偉病逝 享壽67歲 |url=https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20200421001363-260407?chdtv |accessdate=22 April 2020 |work=China Times |date=21 April 2020 |language=zh}}
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