Tina Pan

Tina Pan (Chinese: 潘維剛; pinyin: Pān Wéigāng; born 31 March 1957) is a Taiwanese politician. She was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 2002 and again between 2005 and 2016.

Tina Pan
Pan Wei-kang
MLY
潘維剛
Pan in 2015
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2008 – 31 January 2016
ConstituencyRepublic of China
In office
1 February 2005 – 31 January 2008
ConstituencyTaipei 2
In office
1 February 1993 – 31 January 2002
ConstituencyTaipei 2 (Taipei South district until 1999)
Personal details
Born (1957-03-31) 31 March 1957
Pingtung County, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyKuomintang
Alma materNational Taiwan Normal University
Occupationpolitician

Education

Pan earned a doctorate in political science at National Taiwan Normal University.[1]

Electoral history

She served on the Taipei County Council from 1982 to 1993, when she first won election to the Legislative Yuan.[1] Pan ran in the 2001 elections, but lost.[2] She returned to the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2016. Having represented Taipei for most of her legislative career, Pan was placed on the Kuomintang proportional representation party list starting in 2007 and again in 2011.[3][4] She stated in February 2017 that supporters had pushed her to explore a campaign for the Kuomintang leadership election scheduled for May.[5] Pan confirmed her candidacy for the position later that month.[6] She placed sixth in the election, with 2,437 votes.[7]

2017 Kuomintang chairmanship election
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Wu Den-yih Kuomintang144,408 52.24%
2Hung Hsiu-chu Kuomintang53,063 19.20%
3Hau Lung-pin Kuomintang44,301 16.03%
4Han Kuo-yu Kuomintang16,141 5.84%
5Steve Chan Kuomintang12,332 4.46%
6Tina Pan Kuomintang2,437 0.88%
Eligible voters　476,147
Total votes　276,423
Valid votes　272,682
Invalid votes　3,741
Turnout　58.05%

Political stances

Pan is the longtime chairwoman of the Modern Women's Foundation.[8][9] She is also active in the National Women’s League.[10] Pan supports a gradual elimination of prostitution in Taiwan, and voted for a 2011 bill legalizing the sex trade in red-light districts so that women who participate in designated areas would not face prosecution.[11][12] She also backed the Family Proceedings Act, which sought to speed up family law-related court cases to protect women and children.[13] Pan has proposed many amendments to the Sexual Assault Crime Prevention Act and believes that DNA sampling used as evidence for such legal proceedings should be applied to other cases.[14] She views chemical castration as a form of therapy and opposes its proposed inclusion in the Sexual Assault Crime Prevention Act as a punishment.[15]

Pan has worked to expand the rights of immigrants to Taiwan throughout her legislative career. She attempted to lessen the waiting time required for Chinese spouses of Taiwanese nationals to seek permanent residency in Taiwan.[16] She was critical of the Government Information Office which in 2006 researched a ban of soap operas produced in Japan, Korea, China and Hong Kong.[17] In 2014, Pan assisted Joseph Levy, a French citizen who was born in Taiwan, with his application to Taiwan's merchant marine.[18]

References
  1. "Who's Who in the ROC" (PDF). Executive Yuan. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  2. Ko, Shu-ling (7 October 2001). "KMT campaign searches for fountain of youth". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  3. Mo, Yan-chih (8 November 2007). "KMT unveils list of candidates". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  4. Mo, Yan-chih (17 November 2011). "2012 ELECTIONS: KMT unveils list of legislators-at-large". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  5. Hsiao, Alison (11 February 2017). "Hung says she is not quitting". Tapei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  6. Hsieh, Chia-chen; Kao, Evelyn (22 February 2017). "Former legislator to announce KMT chair bid". Central News Agency. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  7. Lin, Sean (21 May 2017). "Wu Den-yih wins KMT chair election". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  8. Lin, Irene (8 March 2001). "Single moms are doing OK". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  9. Chao, Vincent Y.; Huang, Shelley (16 May 2011). "Abortions skewing gender ratio". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  10. Hsu, Stacy (31 January 2018). "Divided Women's League faces deadline". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  11. Loa, Iok-sin (8 October 2011). "COSWAS calls for decriminalization of sex industry". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  12. Shih, Hsiu-chuan (5 November 2011). "Red-light district sex work now legal". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  13. Shih, Hsiu-chuan (13 December 2011). "Legislative Yuan passes Family Proceedings Act". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  14. Shih, Hsiao-kung (2 August 2011). "KMT backs bid to expand DNA file". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  15. "Chemical castration law is unnecessary: lawmaker". Taipei Times. 30 July 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  16. "Chinese spouses ask for permission to stay in Taiwan". Taipei Times. 25 November 2001. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  17. Ko, Shu-ling (11 January 2006). "GIO looking to take foreign soap operas off prime time TV". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  18. Marcout, Laurence (17 October 2016). "Frenchman on a Taiwanese ship". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
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