About Zhang Weizhen
Lived 1898 – 1997 (aged 98–99). Zhang Weizhen was a Chinese politician.
Chang Wei-chen (, 3 June 1898 – March 1997) was a Chinese politician. She was among the first group of women elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1948.
Biography Born in 1898 and originally from Jiangsu province, Chang graduated from the department of political science at the University of Shanghai. She then attended the University of Michigan in the United States on a Levi Barbour Oriental Girls' Scholarship, graduating with an MA in 1927. She resigned from the Legislative Yuan in 1951.
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Chinese politician (1898-1997)
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Zhang Weizhen was born on 3 June 1898.
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Zhang Weizhen died in 1997.
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Zhang Weizhen was a politician.
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