Ma Runmin

Ma Runmin (Chinese: 马润民) was a Chinese politician. She was among the first group of women elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1948.

Ma Runmin
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1948–1951
Succeeded byWang Hua-min
ConstituencyHebei

Biography

Ma worked as a teacher. In 1924 she was forced to resign from her position at the No. 2 Women's Normal School when the dean was ordered to rid the school of progressive teachers.[1] She was later became headteacher of a school in Peking, where she worked until 1948.[2]

She was a candidate in Hebei in the 1948 elections for the Legislative Yuan, and was elected to parliament.[3] After being elected, she sat on the Education and Culture Committee, the Political and Local Autonomy Committee and the Social Committee.[3] Her membership of the Legislative Yuan was cancelled in 1951 after she failed to attend the fifth session of parliament and she was replaced by Wang Hua-min.[4]

References
  1. 妇女组织与活动, issues 1–6, p44
  2. 日下回眸: 老北京的史地民俗, p63
  3. 马润民 Legislative Yuan
  4. 总统府公报 [Presidential Palace Bulletin] number 327, 28 December 1951
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