Wu Shu-chen

Wu Shu-chen
Wu Shu-chen
吳淑珍
	Wu in 2002
5th First Lady of Taiwan
	In role; 20 May 2000 – 20 May 2008
President	Chen Shui-bian
Preceded by	Tseng Wen-hui
Succeeded by	Christine Chow Ma
Member of the Legislative Yuan
	In office; 1 February 1987 – 31 January 1990
Constituency	Taipei City
Personal details
Born	11 July 1953 (age 71); Madou, Tainan County, Taiwan
Spouse	Chen Shui-bian

Wu Shu-chen (Chinese: 吳淑珍; pinyin: Wú Shúzhēn; Wade–Giles: Wu² Shu²-chen¹; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ngô Siok-tin; born 11 July 1953 in Tainan County, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese politician. She served one term in the Legislative Yuan from 1987 to 1990. As the wife of President Chen Shui-bian, Wu was the First Lady of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008. She is the only First Lady of Taiwan to have been charged and convicted of a crime; she was sentenced to a one-year prison term for perjury regarding political corruption during her husband's tenure as president.^[1] Her sentence has however been increased to 17+1⁄2 years, same as her husband.^[2]

^ "Taiwan's former first lady sentenced". CNN. September 2, 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
^ Chang, Rich (14 December 2010). "Wu must serve 17-and-a-half years". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

[1] "Taiwan's former first lady sentenced". CNN. September 2, 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

[2] Chang, Rich (14 December 2010). "Wu must serve 17-and-a-half years". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

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