Wang An-pang | |
Native Name Lang: | zh-tw |
Smallimage: | 王安邦政務次長.jpg |
Office: | Deputy Minister of Labor |
Minister: | Hsu Ming-chun Ho Pei-shan |
Term Start: | 20 May 2020 |
Birth Date: | 1976 8, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Taiwan |
Party: | Democratic Progressive Party |
Occupation: | politician |
Wang An-pang (; born 15 August 1976) is a Taiwanese politician.
Wang earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Soochow University, and pursued a master's degree in the same subject at National Taiwan Normal University.[1]
Wang worked for the Taoyuan City Government during the mayoralty of Cheng Wen-tsan.[1] [2] He served as deputy labor minister in the Tsai Ing-wen presidential administration. In this role, Wang frequently commented on initiatives and policies affecting migrant workers, including negotiations with the Indonesian government on employment fees,[3] revisions to self-isolation guidelines during a 2021 outbreak of COVID-19,[4] and the opening of a Taoyuan-based service center for migrant workers in 2022.[5] Wang participated in negotiations between EVA Airways and the Taoyuan Union of Pilots, which avoided a strike during the Lunar New Year holiday of 2024.[6] In May of that year, Wang retained his post when William Lai assumed the presidency.[7] In July, Wang announced that the Lai administration would reduce restrictions on the hiring of foreign caretakers.[8]