Pao Yi-min ( zh, 包一民, 12 September 1906 – 11 March 1993) was a Chinese politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the

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in 1948.

Biography

Pao studied Chinese studies at

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. She joined the

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and became chair of the women's section in

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. A member of the National Political Council, she was part of the Constitutional National Assembly that drew up the

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.第一屆立法委員名鑑 'The 1st Legislative Council Member's Book'' Legislative Council Legislators' Committee, June Year 79, p16 She was subsequently a candidate in the

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, in which she was elected to the

. She subsequently relocated to

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during the

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, where remained a member of parliament until 1991. She died in 1993

References

{{Authority control 1906 births Northeastern University (China) alumni Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan 20th-century Chinese women politicians Members of the Kuomintang Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan in Taiwan 1993 deaths