Wong Chin-chu

Wong Chin-chu
翁金珠
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1993 – 20 December 2001
ConstituencyChanghua County
In office
1 February 2008 – 31 January 2012
ConstituencyRepublic of China
Minister of the Council for Cultural Affairs
In office
21 May 2007 – 31 January 2008
DeputyWu Chin-fa
Preceded byChiu Kun-liang
Succeeded byWang Tuoh
9th Magistrate of Changhua County
In office
20 December 2001 – 20 December 2005
Preceded byJuan Kang-meng
Succeeded byCho Po-yuan
Personal details
Born (1947-01-31) 31 January 1947 (age 77)
Yuanlin, Changhua County, Taiwan Province, China
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
Alma materNational Taiwan Normal University
National Taipei University
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionEducator

Wong Chin-chu (Chinese: 翁金珠; pinyin: Wēng Jīnzhū; Wade–Giles: Wōng Chīn-chū; born 31 January 1947) is a Taiwanese educator and politician. She was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 2001. Wong stepped down in the midst of her third term, as she was elected magistrate of Changhua County later that year. She served as magistrate until 2005. In 2007, Wong was named the minister of the Council for Cultural Affairs, a position she left in 2008 to be reelected to the legislature.