Chang Ching-hui | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MLY |
Native Name Lang: | zh-tw |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Yuan |
Constituency: | National at-large |
Term Start: | 1 February 2005 |
Term End: | 31 January 2008 |
Birth Date: | 1942 6, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Shinchiku Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan (now Taoyuan, Taiwan) |
Party: | Democratic Progressive Party |
Alma Mater: | Tamkang University |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Teacher |
Chang Ching-hui (; 19 June 1942 – 19 August 2022) was a Taiwanese politician. She served one term in the Legislative Yuan, from 2005 to 2008.
Chang was of Hakka descent.[1] She earned a master's degree from Tamkang University and was a teacher.[2]
She married political activist in 1977. He had been imprisoned in the 1960s due to his association with Peng Ming-min and Roger Hsieh.[3] He was jailed again after the Kaohsiung Incident in 1979.[4] Released in May 1987,[5] Wei died in December 1999 of a heart attack.[6] Wei and Chang's daughter is also a politician.
Chang represented the Democratic Progressive Party in the 2004 elections and won a seat in the Legislative Yuan via proportional representation.[1] Near the end of her term, Chang served on the Home and Nations Committee.[7] She advocated for the legislature to pass a bill similar to Jessica's Law in March 2007,[8] and stated in June that Chinese spouses of Taiwanese nationals should continue to be granted citizenship after eight years of residency, not four, considering the state of national security, Cross-Strait relations, and population density.[9]
Chang died on 19 August 2022, at the age of 80.[10]