Yang Fang-wan
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University of Texas at Austin (MS)
Yang Fang-wan | |
|---|---|
| 楊芳婉 | |
 Yang in 2016 | |
| Member of the Control Yuan | |
| Assumed office 16 January 2018 | |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 24 May 2007 – 31 January 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Lu Tien-ling |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1956 (age 69–70) |
| Party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Education | National Taiwan University (LLB) University of Texas at Austin (MS) |
Yang Fang-wan (Chinese: 楊芳; pinyin: Yáng Fāngwǎn; born 1956) is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician.
She is active in the women's rights movement has worked with the Awakening Foundation.[1][2][3] Yang later served on the Commission on Women's Rights Promotion.[4] In 2007, Yang represented Wu Shu-jen in a corruption case brought against Wu's husband Chen Shui-bian.[5][6] She assumed a seat on the Legislative Yuan on 24 May 2007, shortly after Lu Tien-ling took office as head of the Council of Labor Affairs.[7] The Awakening Foundation commended Yang for her support of women's rights during her legislative tenure and recommended that Yang be placed on the Democratic Progressive Party list for an at-large seat in 2008.[8] However, Yang was not reelected via proportional representation. In March 2017, Yang was nominated for a position on the Control Yuan.[9] She was confirmed as a member of the Control Yuan in January 2018.[10]
