Rosalia Wu

Rosalia Wu (Chinese: 吳思瑤; pinyin: Wú Sīyáo; born 28 May 1974) is a Taiwanese politician. Elected to the Taipei City Council in 2006, she served until 2016, when she won election to the Legislative Yuan.

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吳思瑤
Wu campaigning in December 2015
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2016
Preceded by	Ting Shou-chung
Constituency	Taipei 1
Member of the Taipei City Council
In office 25 December 2006 – 31 January 2016
Constituency	Taipei 1st precinct
Personal details
Born	28 May 1974 Taipei County, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwanese
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Alma mater	Fu Jen Catholic University
Occupation	politician

Education

Wu is a graduate of Fu Jen Catholic University.[1]

Political career

Wu is affiliated with the former New Tide faction of the Democratic Progressive Party. She was elected to the DPP's Central Standing Committee in 2012.[2]

Wu was elected to the Taipei City Council three times, in 2006, 2010, and 2014. For a portion of her time on the city council, Wu served as the DPP's caucus whip.[3] While on the council, she showed an interest in environmental and infrastructure issues.[4][5][6][7] In 2009, after a televised advertisement had been taken off the air due to a violation of the Satellite Radio and Television Act, Wu worked to remove a printed equivalent from the sides of Taipei buses.[8] She sought to reopen the Zhongshan Soccer Stadium for its intended use after the 2010 Taipei International Flora Exposition, but did not succeed.[9][10]

During the 2016 legislative elections, Wu defeated Chen Hsi-yu in an interparty primary.[11] She was named the sole Pan-Green Coalition candidate for Taipei 1st district,[12][13] and won election to the legislature by joining an electoral coalition of seven others, including Freddy Lim and Pasuya Yao.[14] Wu defeated the district's incumbent representative, Ting Shou-chung, winning 95,000 votes.[15] As a legislator, she has focused her attention on academia and education in Taiwan. Wu is opposed to corporal punishment in schools,[16] and to education minister Wu Se-hwa's proposed senior high school curriculum changes, which were implemented despite a student protest.[17] She spoke out against a 2016 proposal to merge Tainan National University of the Arts and National Cheng Kung University, stating, "I am against amalgamation for the sake of amalgamation."[18] In March 2017, Wu said that Fu Jen Catholic University College of Social Sciences dean Hsia Lin-ching did not do enough to investigate allegations of sexual assault, and berated university administration for giving Hsia a light penalty.[19] Shortly after her comments, Fu Jen students went to the Legislative Yuan to meet Wu, who was not there.[20]

References

1. Lin, Sean (3 March 2017). "Democracy must decide statues' fate, minister says". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
2. Wang, Chris (16 July 2012). "DPP election ushers in new leadership". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
3. Gerber, Abraham (1 April 2015). "Survey finds 83% of Taipei residents happy with Ko". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
4. Mo, Yan-chih (14 April 2013). "Carcinogenic cup lids still used in over 75% of stores". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
5. Gerber, Abraham (26 April 2015). "City panned for 'sea-sand buildings'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
6. Mo, Yan-chih (12 January 2015). "Taipei councilor urges city to switch to paperless". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
7. Mo, Yan-chih (20 April 2013). "Taipei defends tree policy". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
8. Yan-chih, Mo (9 April 2009). "Taipei to remove controversial bus ads". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
9. "Soccer fans rally against closing dedicated stadium". Taipei Times. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
10. Pan, Jason (22 May 2013). "Taipei to dismantle its soccer stadium". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
11. Loa, Iok-sin (10 July 2015). "Tsai considering list of potential running mates". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
12. Chung, Hung-liang; Hsieh, Chia-chun; Yeh, Kuan-yu (27 December 2015). "FEATURE: Candidates court voters with merchandise". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
13. Lin, Sean (7 January 2016). "Taipei mayor ready for bike ride from Taipei to Kaohsiung". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
14. Lin, Sean (10 December 2015). "Ko backs alliance of eight candidates". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
15. Chen, Wei-han (17 January 2016). "ELECTIONS: 'League' candidates win three of eight Taipei constituencies". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
16. Lin, Sean (20 October 2010). "Foundation calls for end to corporal punishment". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
17. Lin, Sean (6 May 2016). "Education minister insists curriculum had 'no problems'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
18. Wu, Po-hsuan; Chin, Jonathan (8 March 2016). "Students protest merger; ministry suspends plan". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
19. Lin, Sean (17 March 2017). "University's punishment of dean lenient: lawmaker". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
20. Lin, Sean (31 March 2017). "Purported students storm legislature to confront lawmaker". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 March 2017.