About Wang Tso-jung
Lived 1919 – 2013 (aged 94). Wang Tso-jung was a Chinese and Taiwanese economist, politician and economics.
Wang Tso-jung (; 6 February 1919 – 30 July 2013) was a Taiwanese politician who served as President of the Control Yuan from 1996 to 1999.
He earned a master's degree in economics from the University of Washington and Vanderbilt University in the United States and taught at National Taiwan University.
A longtime member of the Kuomintang, Wang was close to Yu Chi-chung.
Wang was awarded the Order of Propitious Clouds in June 2013. He died of sepsis on 30 July 2013 at Taipei Veterans General Hospital, where he had undergone treatment for pneumonia. His eldest son Wang Nien-tsu became an engineer and entrepreneur.
Works 財經文存三編, China Times Publishing Co., 1989
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Taiwanese politician
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Wang Tso-jung was born on 6 February 1919 in Hanchuan City.
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Wang Tso-jung died on 31 July 2013 in Taipei Veterans General Hospital.
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Wang Tso-jung was an economist, politician and economics.
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