Peng Ming-min

Politician

1923 –

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Who is Peng Ming-min?

Peng Ming-min is a noted democracy activist, advocate of Taiwan independence, and politician. Arrested for sedition in 1964 for printing a manifesto advocating democracy in his native Taiwan, he dramatically escaped to the United States. After 22 years in exile he returned to became the Democratic Progressive Party's first presidential candidate in Taiwan's first direct presidential election in 1996.

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Born
Aug 15, 1923
Kaohsiung County
Profession
Education
  • University of Tokyo
  • McGill University
  • National Taiwan University
  • University of Paris

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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