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Wong Chin-chu (Chinese: 翁金珠; pinyin: Wēng Jīnzhū; Wade–Giles: Wōng Chīn-chū; born 31 January 1947), a Taiwanese educator and politician, has served as a member of the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China, magistrate of Changhua County and Chief Commissioner of the Council for Cultural Affairs.
Early career
Wong earned a bachelor's degree in music from the National Taiwan Normal University. She taught at primary and middle schools for 18 years before acquiring an EMBA degree from the National Taipei University in 1999.
Political career
Wong was elected to three consecutive terms in the Legislative Yuan in the 1990s, serving from 1993 to 2001. She became the magistrate of Changhua County in 2001, serving until 2005.
| 2001 Changhua County Election Results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| 1 |  PFP | Cheng Hsiu-chu (鄭秀珠) | 39,056 | 6.37% | ||
| 2 |  KMT | Yeh Chin-fong | 257,504 | 41.99% | ||
| 3 |  DPP | Wong Chin-chu | 301,584 | 49.17% |  | |
| 4 | Independent | Hong Can-min (洪參民) | 8,219 | 1.34% | ||
| 5 | Independent | Chen Wan-zhen (陳婉貞) | 6,934 | 1.13% | ||
In April 2004, Wong was invited to serve as the Minister of Education, but she rejected the offer. With former chairperson Lin Yi-hsiung's support, Wong ran for chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the 2006 election. She was the only female candidate in the race, but lost nonetheless.
Wong served as Chief Commissioner of the Council for Cultural Affairs from 2007 to 2008 before returning to the legislature from 2008 until 2012.