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Perng Shaw-jiin
Perng Shaw-jiin
彭紹瑾
Deputy Chairperson of Fair Trade Commission of the Republic of China
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 February 2017
Chairperson	Huang Mei-ying
Member of the Legislative Yuan
	In office; 8 March 2010 – 1 February 2012
Preceded by	Chiu Ching-chun
Succeeded by	Hsu Hsin-ying
Constituency	Hsinchu County
	In office; 1 February 2005 – 1 February 2008
Constituency	Taoyuan
	In office; 1 February 1996 – 1 February 2002
Constituency	Taoyuan
Personal details
Born	28 February 1957 (age 67); Beipu, Hsinchu County, Taiwan
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Education	National Taiwan University (LLB); Soochow University (LLM); University of Munich (PhD)

Perng Shaw-jiin (Chinese: 彭紹瑾; pinyin: Péng Shàojǐn; born 28 February 1957) is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician.

Education and early career

Perng majored in law at National Taiwan University, before earning an LL.M from Soochow University and a doctorate of law from the University of Munich. He taught law at Soochow and Ming Chuan University and worked for the Taoyuan Public Prosecutor's Office in the early 1990s.^[1]^[2]

Political career

Perng was first named to the Legislative Yuan in 1996, and stabbed by gang members his first year in office.^[3] He ran for Taoyuan County Magistrate in 2001,^[4] losing to Eric Chu. Perng returned to the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2008, before stepping down. The election of Chiu Ching-chun as Hsinchu County Magistrate in 2009 triggered a by-election for his legislative seat. Perng ran for the position and won by 15,283 votes.^[5] Perng represented Hsinchu County until 2012, when he was succeeded by Hsu Hsin-ying.

References

^ Chen, Kathy (22 July 1990). "Kidnaping and Extortion Soar in Taiwan". Los Angeles Times. United Press International. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016. Alt URL
^ "Perng, Shaw-Jiin". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^ "Going After the Gangs". CNN.com. 1996. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^ Hsu, Crystal (13 November 2001). "Dec 1 elections: Perng and Chu duke it out in Taoyuan". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 13 November 2001. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^ "More setbacks for KMT in by-election defeats". China Post. 28 February 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2016.