Yi-Ju Christopher Wang, commonly known as Chris Wang (Chinese: 王翊儒; pinyin: Wáng Yìrú; born May 15, 1977) is an African National Congress member of the National Assembly of South Africa. He was the youngest MP of the country when elected in 2004.[1]

He is of one of three Members of Parliament of Chinese descent, the others being Eugenia Chang of the Inkatha Freedom Party, and Shiaan-Bin Huang of the ANC.[2]

Early life

Wang was born and raised in Taiwan. He immigrated to South Africa at the age of 30.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "SA comes first, say country's Chinese MPs". IOL. 8 May 2004. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "South Africa Parliament". Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  3. ↑ TVBS. "〈獨家〉正港台灣人王翊儒 南非國會議員│TVBS新聞網". TVBS (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 29 November 2021.


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