Cheng Li-wun
Cheng Li-wun | |
|---|---|
鄭麗文 | |
 Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 1 February 2020 – 1 February 2024 | |
| Constituency | Party-list |
| In office 1 February 2008 – 31 January 2012 | |
| Constituency | Party-list |
| 2nd Spokesperson of the Executive Yuan | |
| In office 23 October 2012 – 17 February 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Sean Chen Jiang Yi-huah |
| Preceded by | Huang Min-kung (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Sun Lih-chyun |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Mission based 30 May 2005 – 7 June 2005 | |
| Constituency | Nationwide and Oversea |
| In office 20 May 1996 – 19 May 2000 | |
| Constituency | Taipei 1st |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 November 1969 Yunlin, Taiwan |
| Political party | Kuomintang (2005–present) Democratic Progressive Party (1988–2002) Independent (2002–2005) |
| Education | National Taiwan University (LLB) Temple University (LLM) University of Cambridge (MSc) |
Cheng Li-wun (Chinese: 鄭麗文; born November 12, 1969) is a Taiwanese politician. She sat in the National Assembly and Legislative Yuan for several terms between 1996 and 2024 for the Democratic Progressive Party (until 2000) and the Kuomintang (after 2005). She broke from the Kuomintang in 2025.
Education
[edit]Li-wun was born in Yunlin on November 12, 1969. After graduating with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from National Taiwan University, Cheng went to Temple University in the United States and earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in international law from the Temple University Beasley School of Law.[1] She then went to England and earned a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in international relations from the University of Cambridge,[2] where she was also a doctoral Ph.D. candidate in the subject.[1]
Career
[edit]Upon her graduation from Cambridge, she became a member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), serving in the National Assembly as a representative from Taipei from 1996 to 2000 and in the party's youth organization afterwards. She was suspended (or, according to Li-wun, resigned) from the party in 2002 in the wake of Diane Lee's accusations that Twu Shinig-Jer had sexually harassed ("ear-licked") a male restauranteur.[3]
Li-wun left the Yuan following her departure from the DPP, but rumors that she now was aligned with the Pan-Blue Camp were confirmed by her appearance at a March 2004 Kuomintang rally protesting the 2004 presidential election. Following her failed campaign to be elected as an independent candidate for Kaohsiung, she officially joined the Kuomintang (KMT) in 2005. She was quickly promoted within the party, and was elected as a non-district member of the Legislative Yuan in 2008. She was not reelected upon her run for a Taichung seat 2012, losing to Ho Hsin-chun. After her defeat, she served as Spokesperson of the Executive Yuan for two years, being replaced by Sun Lih-chyun.[3] From her departure from the Executive Yuan to September 2015, she hosted a talk show on TVBS. She served as Deputy Secretary-General of the KMT between August and November 2018. She returned to the Legislative Yuan in 2020 and served as Secretary-General of the KMT caucus in the Yuan in 2021. On October 12, 2021, she had a heated argument with DPP legislator Su Tseng-chang regarding the 2002 "ear-licking" case.[4] She left the Yuan at the conclusion of her term in February 2024.
On June 11, 2025, Li-wun, Guo Zhengliang, Chen Pei-jer, "Gym Boss" Holger Chen, and others announced the foundation of the "Opposition Alliance", a party intended to "revive the spirit" of the Tangwai movement and combat the DPP's "green terror".[5]
Personal life
[edit]Cheng's family stems from Yunnan Province.[3] Cheng married her long-time boyfriend Luo Wu-chang in 2011.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Who's Who in the ROC" (PDF). Executive Yuan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ 立法院 (2013-07-23). "立法院". 立法院 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- ^ a b c "KMT Chairman Ma to request Cheng Li-wen to stay in place". The China Post. August 5, 2006. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ^ 風傳媒. "蘇貞昌稱助選過現在覺得丟臉 鄭麗文酸：26年前小恩小怨記這麼清楚". www.storm.mg (in Chinese). Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ^ 聯合新聞網. "「黨外在野大聯盟」11日成立！蕭旭岑、館長、郭正亮等入列…名單曝光". 聯合新聞網 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2025-06-12.