Hung Lan-yu (; 1900–1958) was a Chinese politician.

Life and career

Hung, a

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native born in 1900, studied law at

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in Shanghai. He was a member of the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...

affiliated with the

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who served as an executive in several party committees. Hung was appointed the first secretary general of the

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in November 1947. In addition, he served as

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from December 1948 to April 1949. Hung retained the position of secretary-general of the National Assembly after retreating to Taiwan with other officials of the

government of the Republic of China The Government of the Republic of China is the central government, national authority whose actual-controlled territory consists of Taiwan (island), main island of Taiwan (Formosa), Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu Islands, Matsu, and list of islands of ...

, and remained in office until his death in Taipei on 28 September 1958.

References

1900 births 1958 deaths Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu Interior ministers of the Republic of China Kuomintang politicians in Taiwan Chinese Civil War refugees {{Taiwan-KMT-politician-stub