Ku Cheng-ting (; 24 October 1903 – 1 November 1974) was a Chinese-born politician, also known by the

courtesy name A courtesy name ( zh, s=字, p=zì, l=character), also known as a style name, is an additional name bestowed upon individuals at adulthood, complementing their given name. This tradition is prevalent in the East Asian cultural sphere, particula ...

Ming-shu (). Ku was a native of

Anshun Anshun ( zh, s=安顺 , t=安順 , p=Ānshùn) is a prefecture-level city located in southwestern Guizhou province, southwest China, near the Huangguoshu Waterfall, the tallest in China. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 2,297,339. ...

. His older brothers were

Ku Cheng-kang Ku Cheng-kang or Gu Zhenggang ( zh, t=谷正綱, p=Gǔ Zhènggāng; 30 April 1902 – 11 December 1993) was a Chinese people, Chinese politician, scholar and ranking member of the Kuomintang in service to the Republic of China (1912–49), Repub ...

and Ku Cheng-lun. After graduating from the

University of Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin (, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany. The university was established by Frederick William III on the initiative of Wilhelm von Humbol ...

, Ku Cheng-ting enrolled at the

Moscow Sun Yat-sen University Moscow Sun Yat-sen University, officially the Sun Yat-sen Communist University of the Toilers of China, was a Comintern school which operated from 1925 to 1930 in the city of Moscow, Russia, then the Soviet Union. It was a training camp for Chin ...

in 1925. He was appointed to the

Control Yuan The Control Yuan is the supervisory and auditory branch of the government of the Republic of China, both during its time in mainland China and Taiwan. Designed as a hybrid of auditor and ombudsman by Taiwanese law, the Control Yuan holds th ...

in 1932, and became a member of the Central Committee 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 ...

in 1937. Ku also served in several other posts during the

Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931. It is considered part ...

. After the war ended, he and his wife Pi Yi-shu were elected to the Constituent National Assembly, which ratified the

Constitution of the Republic of China The Constitution of the Republic of China is the fifth and current constitution of the Republic of China (ROC), ratified by the Kuomintang during the Constituent National Assembly session on 25 December 1946, in Nanking, and adopted on 25 De ...

. After the constitution went into effect, both were elected to the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan () is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for four-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a ...

in 1948. The couple relocated to Taiwan during the

Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led Nationalist government, government of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Armed conflict continued intermitt ...

. In 1952, Ku returned to a committee posting within the Kuomintang. He died in Taipei of cancer in 1974. Ku had 5 children: Anna Marie, Nelson, George, John, and Peter. 「貴州省第一區選出之第一屆立法委員谷正鼎於民國63年11月1日病逝，依法註銷名籍」，(63)台統(一)義字第5359號(63.11.27)，《總統府公報》第2814號

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