Xiang Runkun ( zh, 項潤崑, 11 October 1906 – 24 July 1980) was a Chinese politician. She was among the first group of women 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.

Biography

Originally from

Shenyang Shenyang,; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly known as Fengtian formerly known by its Manchu language, Manchu name Mukden, is a sub-provincial city in China and the list of capitals in China#Province capitals, provincial capital of Liaonin ...

, Xiang graduated from the Faculty of Law at . She joined 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 ...

and became an executive member of the party and chair of the Shenyang Women's Association.《第一屆立法委員名鑑》，立法院立法委員名鑑編輯委員會編印，民國42年9月，第172頁《第一屆立法委員名鑑》，立法院立法委員名鑑編輯委員會編印，民國61年6月，第137頁「項潤崑女士事略」，《國史館現藏民國人物傳記史料彙編》第4輯，第345頁 Xiang was a Kuomintang candidate in Shenyang in the 1948 elections for the Legislative Yuan and was elected to parliament. She 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 ...

and remained a member of the Legislative Yuan until her death in 1980.瀋陽市選出之第一屆立法委員項潤崑已於民國69年7月24日病故，應依法註銷其名籍，(69)台統(一)義字第4812號(69.08.28)，《總統府公報》第3716號

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Xiang Runkun 1906 births Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan 20th-century Chinese women politicians Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan in Taiwan 1980 deaths Taiwanese people from Liaoning Republic of China politicians from Liaoning Politicians from Shenyang Chinese Civil War refugees 20th-century Taiwanese women politicians