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 by | Wang Hua-min |
| Constituency | Hebei |
Biography
editMa 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 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]