Cheng Xiu (Chinese: 程琇, died 1 April 1967) was a Chinese politician. She was among the first group of women elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1948.
Cheng Xiu | |
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| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 1948–1956 | |
| Constituency | Jiangxi |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1 April 1967 |
Biography edit
Originally from Duchang County in Jiangxi province,[1] Cheng was the niece of Cheng Tianfang.[2] She obtained an LLD from the Nancy-Université in France, worked at the National Institute for Compilation and Translation and was a professor at National Chung Cheng University.[3] She was a member of the Jiangxi Women's Association and the Jiangxi branch of the Women's Movement Committee.[3]
Cheng was a Kuomintang candidate in Jiangxi province in the 1948 elections for the Legislative Yuan and was elected to parliament.[3] She relocated to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War, where she remained a member of the Legislative Yuan. In 1956 she was convicted of fraud and sentenced to a year in prison and a loss of civic rights for two years. She appealed to the High Court but lost, resulting in her membership of parliament being cancelled.[4] She died on 1 April 1967.[1]