Peng Ming-min
Taiwanese activist (1923–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Peng Ming-min (Chinese: 彭明敏; pinyin: Péng Míngmǐn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phêⁿ Bêng-bín; 15 August 1923 – 8 April 2022) was a notable Taiwanese democracy activist, advocate of Taiwan independence, and politician. Arrested for sedition in 1964 for printing a manifesto advocating democracy in his native Taiwan, he escaped to Sweden, before taking a post as a university teacher in the United States. After 22 years in exile he returned to become the Democratic Progressive Party's first presidential candidate in Taiwan's first direct presidential election in 1996.
Taiwanese activist (1923–2022)
Peng Ming-min | |
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 Peng in 2017 | |
| Senior Adviser to the Taiwanese President | |
| In office 20 May 2000 – 20 May 2008 | |
| President | Chen Shui-bian |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1923-08-15)15 August 1923 Taikō Town, Taikō District, Taichū Prefecture, Taiwan, Japan (modern-day Dajia District, Taichung, Taiwan) |
| Died | 8 April 2022(2022-04-08) (aged 98) Taipei, Taiwan |
| Nationality | Taiwanese |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party (1995 – 1997[1]) |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University National Taiwan University McGill University University of Paris |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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