Legislative Yuan Speaker
He was elected president of the 4th Legislative Yuan on February 1, 1999. The KMT lost its majority for the first time in the 2001 legislative election, but through the narrow Pan-Blue Coalition majority, he was reelected president for the 5th Legislative Yuan on February 1, 2002. He has been a KMT vice chairman since 2000 and a member of its Central Standing Committee since 1993. As Legislative Yuan President, Wang has gained a reputation of being a soft-spoken figure capable of reaching across party lines.
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