Joshua Wong, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Joshua Wong

Hong Kong activist, Secretary-general of Demosistō

Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1996

Place of Birth: British Hong Kong, United Kingdom

Profession: pupil, politician, civil rights advocate

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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Joshua Wong Chi-fung (Chinese: ???; Cantonese Yale: Wòhng Jifung, born 13 October 1996) is a Hong Kong student activist and politician who serves as secretary-general of pro-democracy party Demosisto.
Wong was previously convenor and founder of the Hong Kong student activist group Scholarism.
Wong first rose to international prominence during the 2014 Hong Kong protests, and his pivotal role in the Umbrella Movement resulted in his inclusion in TIME magazine's Most Influential Teens of 2014 and nomination for its 2014 Person of the Year; he was further called one of the "world's greatest leaders" by Fortune magazine in 2015, and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017. In August 2017, Wong and two other pro-democracy activists were convicted and jailed for their roles in the occupation of Civic Square at the incipient stage of the 2014 Occupy Central protests; in January 2018, Wong was convicted and jailed again for failing to comply with a court order for clearance of the Mong Kok protest site during the Mong Kong protests in 2014.
He also played a major role in persuading US politicians to pass the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act during the 2019 Hong Kong protests.
Wong was disqualified by the Hong Kong government from running in forthcoming District Council elections.