Yang Fang-wan | |
Nationality: | Taiwanese |
Office: | Member of the Control Yuan |
Term Start: | 16 January 2018 |
Office1: | Member of the Legislative Yuan |
Term Start1: | 24 May 2007 |
Term End1: | 31 January 2008 |
Predecessor1: | Lu Tien-ling |
Party: | Democratic Progressive Party |
Yang Fang-wan (; born 1956) is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician.
She is active in the women's rights movement has worked with the Awakening Foundation.[1] [2] [3] Yang later served on the Commission on Women's Rights Promotion.[4] In 2007, Yang represented Wu Shu-jen in a corruption case brought against Wu's husband Chen Shui-bian.[5] [6] She assumed a seat on the Legislative Yuan on 24 May 2007, shortly after Lu Tien-ling took office as head of the Council of Labor Affairs.[7] The Awakening Foundation commended Yang for her support of women's rights during her legislative tenure and recommended that Yang be placed on the Democratic Progressive Party list for an at-large seat in 2008.[8] However, Yang was not reelected via proportional representation. In March 2017, Yang was nominated for a position on the Control Yuan.[9] She was confirmed as a member of the Control Yuan in January 2018.[10]