Suzanne Wu Sui-shan (; born ) is a Hong Kong

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

. She is the former chairwoman of the pro-democratic Labour Party and project coordinator of the Association for the Advancement of Feminism. After leaving Labour in 2017, she co-founded

Community March Community March () was a district-based political group formed in late 2017 in Hong Kong by a group of pro-democracy social activists. History Initiated by former chairwoman of the Labour Party Suzanne Wu, the group was actively planning ...

Biography

Wu graduated from the St Stephen's College and

Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is a public research university located in Hung Hom, Hong Kong near Hung Hom station. The University is one of the eight government-funded degree-granting tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. Foun ...

with a degree in Language, Culture and Communication. She later went to England with a scholarship and studied at the

University of Warwick , mottoeng = Mind moves matter , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £7.0 million (2021) , budget = £698.2 million (202 ...

with a master's degree in Gender and International Development. She once led union members to occupy the vice chancellor’s office at the Polytechnic University to call for higher pay for the cleaning staff when she served as a student union leader at the institution. Their pay eventually was raised from some HK$4,500 to HK$6,000. She had been a director at the

Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions The Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) was a pro-democracy labour and political group in the Hong Kong. It was established on 29 July 1990. It had 160,000 members in 61 affiliates (mainly trade unions in various sectors) and re ...

(CTU), focusing on the interests of cleaning workers and security guards, and is also a project coordinator of the Association for the Advancement of Feminism, advocating

gender equality Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing d ...

. She is also a founding member of the Labour Party. On 13 December 2015, she replaced

Lee Cheuk-yan Lee Cheuk-yan (; born 12 February 1957 in Shanghai) is a Hong Kong politician and social activist. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1995 to 2016, when he lost his seat. He represented the Kowloon West and the Manufa ...

as the chairwoman of the Labour Party after defeating two other candidates with about 60% support. On 23 August 2017, she resigned from the chair and withdrew from the Labour Party. Subsequently she co-founded

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wu, Suzanne 1980 births Living people Alumni of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Alumni of the University of Warwick Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions Hong Kong social democrats Hong Kong trade unionists Hong Kong women in politics