Wang Ching-feng
{{Short description|Taiwanese lawyer and politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Wang Tsing-fong
| native_name = {{nobold|王清峰}}
| native_name_lang = zh-tw
| image = Wang Ching-feng.jpg
| caption = Wang in 2009
| nationality = Republic of China
| order1 = Minister of Justice of the Republic of China
| deputy1 = Wu Chen-huan
| term_start1 = 20 May 2008
| term_end1 = 12 March 2010
| predecessor1 = Shih Mau-lin
| successor1 = Huang Shih-ming (acting)
Tseng Yung-fu
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|1 January 1952}}
| birth_place = Tainan City, Taiwan
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| education = National Chengchi University (LLB, LLM)
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{{family name hatnote|Wang|lang=Chinese}}
Wang Tsing-fong ({{zh|t=王清峰|p=Wáng Qīngfēng|poj=Ông Chheng-hong}}; born 1 January 1952 in Tainan City) is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician.
Education
Wang graduated from the Taipei First Girls' High School and received her bachelor's and master's degrees in law from National Chengchi University.{{cite web|date=15 March 2010|url=http://www.moj.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=124441&CtNode=23409&mp=095|title=Minister of Justice WANG Ching-feng|website=Minister of Justice|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122016/http://www.moj.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=124441&CtNode=23409&mp=095|archive-date=4 March 2016}}
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 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.
| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:left;" | ||
| colspan=5|1996 Republic of China Presidential Election Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| President Candidate
! Vice President Candidate ! Party ! Votes ! % | ||
| Lee Teng-hui
|align=right|5,813,699 |align=right|54.0 | ||
| Peng Ming-min
| Democratic Progressive Party |align=right|2,274,586 |align=right|21.1 | ||
| Lin Yang-kang
|align=right|1,603,790 |align=right|14.9 | ||
| Chen Li-an
| Wang Ching-feng |align=right|1,074,044 |align=right|9.9 | ||
| colspan=3|Invalid/blank votes | align=right|117,160 | |
| colspan=3|Total | align=right|10,883,279 | align=right|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 National Assembly of the Republic of China after the {{ill|Democratic Action Alliance|zh|民主行動聯盟}} led by Chang Ya-chung, her recommending party, won 1.68% vote in the 2005 Republic of China National Assembly election and thereby secured five seats.{{cite news |last1=Ko |first1=Shu-ling |title=DPP wins surprise victory in election |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/05/15/2003254716 |access-date=7 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=15 May 2005}} Wang resigned her seat immediately upon taking office.{{cite news |last1=Ko |first1=Shu-ling |title=National Assembly has first meeting |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/05/31/2003257301 |access-date=7 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=31 May 2005}}
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 10 March 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 as the entertainer Pai Bing-bing (whose daughter was kidnapped and murdered in 1997). There were calls for her to step down. Wang quit her ministerial position the next day.{{Cite web |url=http://www.handsoffcain.info/news/index.php?iddocumento=13302586 |title=Taiwan: Justice Minister Threatens to Resign Rather Than Approve Executions |access-date=2013-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193732/http://www.handsoffcain.info/news/index.php?iddocumento=13302586 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}
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