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Ma Ying-jeou

Personal data
Date of birthJuly 13, 1950(age 65)
Place of birthKwong Wah Hospital, Yau Ma Tei, British Hong Kong
Nationality 
Political partyKuomintang
SpouseChristine Chow
Alma materNational Taiwan University
New York University School of Law
Harvard Law School
President of the Republic of China
Assumed officeMay 20, 2008
PresidentVincent Siew
PremierLiu Chao-shiuan
Wu Den-yih
Vice PresidentVincent Siew
Preceded byChen Shui-bian
Chairman of the Kuomintang
Assumed officeOctober 17, 2009
Preceded byWu Po-hsiung
In officeJuly 27, 2005 - February 13, 2007
Succeeded byWu Po-hsiung
Preceded byLien Chan
Mayor of Taipei
In officeDecember 25, 1998 - December 25, 2006
Succeeded byHau Lung-pin
Preceded byChen Shui-bian

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Ma Ying-jeou ( ; born July 13, 1950) is the 12th term and current President of the Republic of China (ROC), commonly known as Taiwan, and the Chairman of the Kuomintang Party, also known as the Chinese Nationalist Party. He formerly served as Justice Minister from 1993 to 1996, Mayor of Taipei from 1998 to 2006, and Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) from 2005 to 2007. Ma was elected Mayor of Taipei in 1998 and re-elected in 2002. He was elected Chairman of the Kuomintang on July 16, 2005. He announced his resignation on February 13, 2007, after being indicted by the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office on charges of misuse of mayoral funds during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei; he was later cleared of all charges. Ma subsequently won the presidency by 58.45% of the popular vote in the ROC presidential election of 2008. He was sworn into office as president on May 20, 2008, and sworn in as the Chairman of the Kuomintang on October 17, 2009.


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