About Wang Jin-pyng
Wang Jin-pyng (Chinese: 王金平; pinyin: Wáng Jīnpíng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ông Kim-pêng; born March 17, 1941) is a Taiwanese politician. He served as President of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2016, which makes him Taiwan's longest-serving legislative speaker. Once a leading figure of the Kuomintang (KMT), Wang brokered deals between the KMT and opposition DPP. He was replaced by Democratic Progressive Party's Su Jia-chyuan as president of the Legislative Yuan after a decisive victory for the DPP in the 2016 election. == Early life == Wang was born in a simple rural community in Rochiku Village, Takao Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan (now Luzhu, Kaohsiung). He distinguished himself in sports as a student athlete during his school years. His teachers encouraged him to enter the physical education department in university. Wang finished his elementary school in Tainan Municipal Dashe Elementary School. He finished his junior and senior high school at the Tainan First Senior High School in Tainan, where he was the team leader of the school's tennis team. After high school, Want attended National Taiwan Normal University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in mathematics in 1965. == Early career == Upon graduation, Wang worked as a mathematics teacher for a year at the Provincial Ging-Der Senior High School in Changhua County.
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