Wang Tso-jung | |
Nationality: | Republic of China |
Office1: | President of the Control Yuan |
Term Start1: | 1 September 1996 |
Term End1: | 1 February 1999 |
Predecessor1: | Chen Li-an Cheng Shuei-chih (acting) |
Successor1: | Fredrick Chien |
Office2: | Minister of Examination |
Term Start2: | August 1990 |
Term End2: | August 1996 |
Predecessor2: | Chu Shao-hua |
Successor2: | Chen Chin-jang |
Birth Date: | 6 February 1919 |
Birth Place: | Hanchuan, Hubei, Republic of China |
Death Place: | Beitou, Taipei, Taiwan |
Party: | Kuomintang |
Alma Mater: | University of Washington |
Profession: | politician |
Wang Tso-jung (; 6 February 1919 – 30 July 2013) was a Taiwanese politician who served as President of the Control Yuan from 1996 to 1999.
He earned a master's degree in economics from the University of Washington in the United States and taught at National Taiwan University.
A longtime member of the Kuomintang,[1] [2] Wang was close to .[3]
Wang was awarded the Order of Propitious Clouds in June 2013.[4] He died of sepsis on 30 July 2013 at Taipei Veterans General Hospital, where he had undergone treatment for pneumonia.[5] His eldest son Wang Nien-tsu became an engineer and entrepreneur.[6]