What is Peng Ming-min?
[[File:彭明敏出席著作簽書分享會.jpg|right|200px]] '''Peng Ming-min''' ({{zh|t=彭明敏|p=Péng Míngmǐn|poj=Phêⁿ Bêng-bín}}; 15 August 1923{{spnd}}8 April 2022) was a Taiwanese [[democracy]] activist and politician. He was a supporter of [[Taiwan independence]]. Peng was born in modern-day [[Dajia District]], [[Taichung]], [[Taiwan]]. Peng was arrested for [[sedition]] in 1964 for printing materials for pro-democracy protests. He escaped to [[Sweden]] and became a university professor in the United States. After 22 years in [[exile]], he returned to become the [[Democratic Progressive Party]]'s first presidential candidate in Taiwan's first direct presidential election in [[1996 Taiwanese presidential election|1996]]. Peng was the Senior Adviser to the [[President of the Republic of China|President]] [[Chen Shui-bian]]. Peng died on 8 April 2022 in [[Kaohsiung]], Taiwan at the age of 98.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Teng|first1=Pei-ju|title=Peng Ming-min, a lifelong advocate for Taiwan and democracy, dies at 98|url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202204080012 |access-date=8 April 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=8 April 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Peng, Ming-min}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Taiwanese politicians]] {{bio-stub}}