constituency native_name_lang predecessor successor birth_place president profession native_name birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
taoyuan county constituency zh-tw lien chan liu pang-yu liau pen-yang -lrb- acting -rrb- vincent siew hsu ying-shen -lrb- acting -rrb- eric chu taoyuan annexed dependency of empire of japan -lrb- now taoyuan district -rrb- , formosa , chen shui-bian lawyer 呂秀蓮 7 june 1944 vice the legislative yuan president of the republic of china member of 20 may 2000 28 march 1997 1 february 1993 taiwan speech at the 228 memorial in taipei . . jpg vice-president annette lu -lrb- 呂秀蓮副總統 -rrb- gives a annette lu
 20 may 2008 20 may 2000 31 january 1996 annette lu '' lü hsiu-lien '' politician national taiwan university university of illinois harvard university
annette lu

annette lu hsiu-lien -lrb- ; born june 7 , 1944 -rrb- was the vice president of the republic of china -lrb- taiwan -rrb- from 2000 to 2008 , under president chen shui-bian .
she announced her intentions to run for president of taiwan on march 6 , 2007 , but withdrew in order to support dpp presidential nominee , frank hsieh .
lu announced on february 25 , 2011 , that she would seek the dpp nomination for president of the republic of china in 2012 , but later withdrew her bid .
tsai ing-wen , chairwoman of the dpp , finally won the nomination .
lu is a member of the democratic progressive party and one of taiwan 's independence advocates .
lu is also a prominent feminist activist .
