Hsiu-lien Lu

Dr. Lu Hsiu-lien Annette

Vice President of Taiwan, 2000~2008

President of BPW-Taiwan, 2008~2012

President, Taiwan Alliance for Green 21

Lu Hsiu-lien Annette is a writer, feminist, freedom fighter, vegetarian environmentalist, and antinuclear activist. She was shut by one bullet on 19 March 2004, one day before the Presidential Election Day. The truth of shooting incident is still unapprehended and controversial.

Born in 1944 and graduated from National Taiwan University, University of Illinois, and Harvard University, Lu established herself as the founder of feminist movement in Taiwan. Later she became one of the leaders in the opposition movement calling for democracy and an end to the Kuomintang authoritarian rule. On December 10 of 1979 she delivered a twenty-minute speech at the International Human Rights Day rally (known as the "Kaohsiung Incident"), and soon was arrested, imprisoned, convicted guilty of "violent sedition", and sentenced to 12 years by a military court. After 1933 days of imprisonment, Lu was released in 1985, due to domestic and international rescue efforts.

In 1993 Lu was elected to be a member of Legislative Yuan and in 1997 to be the Magistrate of Taoyuan County. In 2000 she was elected the first female Vice President and in 2008 the first Vice President reelected in Taiwan.

After retirement, Lu has been active and established International Federation of Business and Professional Women-Taiwan to promote Taiwan women's international visibility. After Japan's earthquake/tsunami and Fukushima nuclear incident in 2011, she devoted herself to the "Save the Earth, Care for Taiwan" campaign, establishing Taiwan Alliance for Green 21. Two national campaigns are intensively conducted: "Less Meat, Less Heat" Campaign, and a local referendum to stop Taiwan's 4th Nuclear Power Plant.

呂秀蓮，台灣桃園人，1944年6月7日生。北一女、台大法律系法學士、法研所碩士班、美國伊利諾與哈佛大學雙料法學碩士、哈佛法學院研究員，及國內外六所大學榮譽博士學位及榮譽教授。

70年代首開風氣，倡導新女性主義，後因高雄事件入獄1933天 。長期投注民主發展與國際事務，先後創辦無數民間社團與國際組織，榮獲多項獎章，包括2001年世界和平工作團世界和平獎、2002年台美基金會特殊貢獻獎、2011年國際職業婦女協會卓越專業領袖獎，及2012年世界和平婦女會世界和平婦女獎。

歷任立法委員、桃園縣長，以及兩任副總統，任內十二次出訪外國，並巡視全國319鄉鎮市超過四千次。

2004年3月19日大選投票日前一天下午與陳水扁同車在台南掃街拜票時，同時遭到子彈射擊，震驚國內外。走過生死門，主修刑法與人權並且身為第一槍中彈者的她，力主真相只有一個，必須徹查，才能還受害者公道，讓台灣社會省思進步。