Liu Wen-hsiung (; 8 September 1954 – 31 July 2017) was a Taiwanese politician who served in 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 ...

from 1999 to 2008.

Early life and education

Liu was born in Keelung in 1954, and was of

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descent. He attended

National Chengchi University National Chengchi University () is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. First established in Nanjing in 1927, the university was subsequently reestablished in 1954 in Taiwan as the first reestablished "National University". The u ...

before completing graduate work at

National Taiwan Ocean University National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU; ) is a national university in Zhongzheng District, Keelung, Zhongzheng District, Keelung, Taiwan. NTOU is a member of University System of Taipei. History NTOU was originally established as the Provincia ...

Political career

Liu served two terms on the

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before his 1998 election to the Legislative Yuan. 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 ...

formally began expulsion proceedings against Liu in December 1999, because he supported the 2000 independent presidential campaign of

James Soong Soong Chu-yu (; born 30 April 1942), also known by his English name James Soong, is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician who is the founder and chairman of the People First Party. Soong was the first and only elected governor of Taiw ...

. Liu later joined Soong's People First Party, and was the PFP's legislative whip. On 3 December 2005, he joined the Republic of China local election for the

Keelung City Keelung ( ; zh, p=Jīlóng, c=基隆, poj=Ke-lâng), Chilung or Jilong ( ; ), officially known as Keelung City, is a major port Provincial city (Taiwan), city in northeastern Taiwan. The city is part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan are ...

mayoralty. However, he finished in third place. In 2006, Liu accused Kuo Yao-chi, then the Minister of Transportation and Communications, of appointing Wu Cheng-chih, a friend who was recommended by her husband, to the secretary-general position of the China Aviation Development Foundation as a form of

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; Liu said that Weng did not have the proper aviation background. Kuo said that she did not practice nepotism and that she would seek to have action taken against Liu.Shan, Shelley.
Liou Wuen-hsiung accuses Kuo Yao-chi of nepotism
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''. Tuesday, 23 May 2006. The next year, Liu ran in the Keelung mayoral by-election and was a reported candidate for the

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. Liu later became deputy secretary-general of the People First Party. Liu ran in the 2016 legislative elections as a representative of Keelung district, but lost.

In 2017, he was formally nominated to a seat on the Control Yuan.

Personal life

Liu was a Taiwanese Muslim. He suffered a heart attack in July 2017, which led to a coma. He was moved to Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Keelung on 21 July, where he died on 31 July 2017, aged 62. His body was sent to

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where funeral prayer was performed before he was buried.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Wen-hsiung 1954 births 2017 deaths Taiwanese Muslims Taiwanese people of Hui descent People First Party Members of the Legislative Yuan National Taiwan Ocean University alumni Keelung Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 4th Legislative Yuan Members of the 5th Legislative Yuan Members of the 6th Legislative Yuan Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan National Chengchi University alumni Party List Members of the Legislative Yuan