Yang Jen-fu
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Yang Jen-fu | |
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楊仁福 | |
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| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 1 February 1999 – 31 January 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Chuang Chin-sheng |
| Succeeded by | Sra Kacaw |
| Constituency | Lowland Aborigine |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 February 1942 |
| Died | 4 September 2024 (aged 82) |
| Party | Kuomintang |
| Education | National Taiwan University (BA) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Yang Jen-fu (Chinese: 楊仁福; pinyin: Yáng Rénfú; 16 February 1942 – 4 September 2024) was a Taiwanese Amis politician.
Yang graduated from National Taiwan University with a degree in political science, then became a teacher.[1][2] He was of Amis descent and was active in a Hualien County-based association of Amis people.[3][4]
Political career
Yang served three terms on the Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council before his 1998 election to the Legislative Yuan. Shortly after the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake, Yang formed an inter-party parliamentary group which sought to provide disaster relief to aboriginal communities.[5] At the start of his second term, Yang expressed interest in joining the economics and energy committee. He was not offered membership, and as a result, scaled back his participation in Kuomintang caucus activities.[6] In June 2002, Yang was formally admonished for voting against the caucus.[7] Yang won a third term in 2005, and his forth term in 2008, despite a coalition of LGBT rights groups opposing his candidacy.[8][9] He helped reestablish the aboriginal caucus within the Legislative Yuan in 2009.[10] In March 2010, Yang was named convenor of the legislature's transportation committee alongside Chu Fong-chi.[11]
