Lai Ching‑te
Willam Lai Ching‑te[1] (born 6 October 1959), is a Taiwanese politician who is the President of Taiwan since January 2024. Lai has been the Vice President of Taiwan since 2020. He was a legislator in the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2010, and as Mayor of Tainan from 2010 to 2017, before taking office as Premier of Taiwan.
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| 8th President of Taiwan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 20 May 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Premier | Cho Jung-tai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vice President | Hsiao Bi-khim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Tsai Ing-wen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 18 January 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Secretary General | Hsu Li-ming Yang Yi-shan Lin Yu-chang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Chen Chi-mai (acting) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12th Vice President of Taiwan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 20 May 2020 – 20 May 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Tsai Ing-wen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Chen Chien-jen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Hsiao Bi-khim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 29th Premier of Taiwan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 8 September 2017 – 14 January 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Tsai Ing-wen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vice Premier | Shih Jun-ji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Lin Chuan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Su Tseng-chang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd Mayor of Tainan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 25 December 2010 – 7 September 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Hsu He-chun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Hsu Tain-tsair | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Li Meng-yen (acting) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 February 2008 – 25 December 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Tainan 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 February 1999 – 31 January 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Tainan City | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 6 October 1959
(aged 66) Wanli, Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Wu Mei-ju | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | National Taiwan University (BS) National Cheng Kung University (MD) Harvard University (MPH) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On 24 November 2018, he announced his intention to resign from the premiership after the Democratic Progressive Party suffered a major defeat in local elections, and left office on 14 January 2019.[2][3]
Lai was a successfull candidate for Vice President of Taiwan and the running mate of President Tsai Ing-wen in the 2020 Taiwan presidential election.[4][5]
Lai was the successful Democratic Progressive Party nominee for President of Taiwan in the 2024 election, winning the election on 13 January 2024.[6]
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Lai as Mayor of Tainan, 2017
Premier Lai Ching-te leads the cabinet during the swearing-in ceremony
Lai Ching-te (center) with Ethan Tu (left) and Huang Wei-che (right) in January 2019
Lai's official portrait as vice president
Lai at his presidential inauguration on 20 May 2024
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References
- ↑ No Title (in zh) (23 July 2013)Legislative Yuan.
- ↑ Taiwan premier, cabinet to quit after local election trouncing (in en) (10 January 2019)Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ↑ 林佳龍掌交部、陳良基接教長 蘇內閣下周一上工 (in zh) (12 January 2019)United Daily News. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ↑ No Title (in zh-tw). 民主進步黨 (19 November 2019). Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ↑ Beijing 'interferes daily' in Taiwan's election, says Tsai Ing-wen. South China Morning Post (19 November 2019). Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ↑ Lau, Stuart (13 January 2024). "China skeptic wins Taiwan presidency in snub to Beijing" (in en). POLITICO. https://www.politico.eu/article/william-lai-takes-early-lead-in-taiwan-presidential-race-in-snub-to-beijing/. Retrieved 13 January 2024.