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Annette Lu

呂秀蓮　/　ろ・しゅうれん

Politician from Taiwan under Japanese rule

June 7, 1944 (age 82)　・　Tōen town, Shinchiku Prefecture, Taiwan under Japanese rule

Shinchiku Prefecture
politician
women's rights activist
lawyer

My Take

Annette Lu, or Lu Hsiu-lien, strikes me as someone whose life tracks the whole arc of modern Taiwan. Trained as a lawyer at National Taiwan University, she emerged as a feminist voice in the Tangwai movement during a period when dissent carried real personal risk. I find her path compelling: from women's rights activist to joining the Democratic Progressive Party in 1990 and winning a Legislative Yuan seat in 1992. Born under Japanese rule in what was then Shinchiku Prefecture, she embodies generations of upheaval. To me she reads as a principled fighter rather than a career politician, someone who chose conviction before it was safe to.

Overview

Lu Hsiu-lien (Chinese: 呂秀蓮; pinyin: Lǚ Xiùlián; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lū Siù-liân; born 7 June 1944), also known by her English name Annette, is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer. A feminist active in the Tangwai movement, she joined the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in 1990 and was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1992.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Annette Lu
Name (Japanese): 呂秀蓮
Reading: ろ・しゅうれん
Born: June 7, 1944 (age 82)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Monkey
Origin: Tōen town, Shinchiku Prefecture, Taiwan under Japanese rule
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: politician / women's rights activist / lawyer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Taipei Municipal Taipei First Girls' High School
University: National Taiwan University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttp://www.president.gov.tw/1_vice_president/e_layer2.html
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%91%82%E7%A7%80%E8%93%AE

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