Annette Lu (Chinese: 呂秀蓮; Pinyin: Lǚ Xiùlián; born 1944) is a feminist activist and DPP politician.
She was initially hoisted into the limelight by an article of hers written in 1971 in which she criticised plans to restrict the number of women allowed to work at universities. From there she entered political life and became an editor of the disent political magazine Formosa. She came to be arrested and sentenced to twelve years in prison for her involvment in the human rights protest that led to the Kaohsiung Incident, but was released early in 1985.
She later ran for and won the post of vice-president in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections.
