Peng Ming-min | |
|---|---|
 Peng in 2017 | |
| Senior Adviser to the Taiwanese President | |
| In office 20 May 2000 – 20 May 2008 | |
| President | Chen Shui-bian |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 August 1923 Taikō Town, Taikō District, Taichū Prefecture, Taiwan, Japan (modern-day Dajia District, Taichung, Taiwan) |
| Died | 8 April 2022 (aged 98) Taipei, Taiwan |
| Nationality | Taiwanese |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party (1995 – 1997[1]) |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University National Taiwan University McGill University University of Paris |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Peng Ming-min (Chinese: 彭明敏; pinyin: Péng Míngmǐn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phêⁿ Bêng-bín; 15 August 1923 – 8 April 2022) was a notable Taiwanese democracy activist, advocate of Taiwan independence, and politician. Arrested for sedition in 1964 for printing a manifesto advocating democracy in his native Taiwan, he escaped to Sweden, before taking a post as a university teacher in the United States. After 22 years in exile he returned to become the Democratic Progressive Party's first presidential candidate in Taiwan's first direct presidential election in 1996.
- ^ 林, 河名 (8 April 2022). "「彭教授」與李競選總統 囑扁勿向馬求饒 婉拒任蔡資政". United Daily News. Retrieved 8 April 2022.