Wu Den-yih | |||||||||||
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吳敦義 | |||||||||||
![]() Official portrait, 2012 | |||||||||||
9th Chairman of the Kuomintang | |||||||||||
In office 20 August 2017 – 15 January 2020 | |||||||||||
Deputy | See list | ||||||||||
Preceded by | Lin Junq-tzer (acting) | ||||||||||
Succeeded by | Lin Rong-te (acting) | ||||||||||
Acting 3 December 2014 – 19 January 2015 | |||||||||||
Deputy | |||||||||||
Preceded by | Ma Ying-jeou | ||||||||||
Succeeded by | Eric Chu | ||||||||||
10th Vice President of the Republic of China | |||||||||||
In office 20 May 2012 – 20 May 2016 | |||||||||||
President | Ma Ying-jeou | ||||||||||
Preceded by | Siew Wan-chang | ||||||||||
Succeeded by | Chen Chien-jen | ||||||||||
23rd Premier of the Republic of China | |||||||||||
In office 10 September 2009 – 6 February 2012 | |||||||||||
President | Ma Ying-jeou | ||||||||||
Vice Premier | Eric Chu Sean Chen | ||||||||||
Preceded by | Liu Chao-shiuan | ||||||||||
Succeeded by | Sean Chen | ||||||||||
16th Secretary-General of the Kuomintang | |||||||||||
In office 27 February 2007 – 17 October 2009 | |||||||||||
Chairman | Wu Po-hsiung | ||||||||||
Deputy | Liao Feng-teh | ||||||||||
Preceded by | Chan Chun-po | ||||||||||
Succeeded by | Chan Chun-po | ||||||||||
Member of the Legislative Yuan | |||||||||||
In office 1 February 2002 – 10 September 2009 | |||||||||||
Preceded by | multi-member district | ||||||||||
Succeeded by | Ma Wen-chun | ||||||||||
Constituency | Nantou County | ||||||||||
1st Mayor of Kaohsiung | |||||||||||
In office 15 December 1994 – 20 December 1998 | |||||||||||
Deputy | Lin Join-sane | ||||||||||
Preceded by | Himself (as appointed mayor) | ||||||||||
Succeeded by | Frank Hsieh | ||||||||||
In office 18 June 1990 – 15 December 1994 | |||||||||||
Appointed by | Executive Yuan | ||||||||||
Preceded by | Su Nan-cheng | ||||||||||
Succeeded by | Himself (as elected mayor) | ||||||||||
6th Magistrate of Nantou | |||||||||||
In office 20 December 1981 – 20 December 1989 | |||||||||||
Preceded by | Meng Fan-chao | ||||||||||
Succeeded by | Lin Yuan-lang | ||||||||||
Member of the Taipei City Council | |||||||||||
In office 25 December 1973 – 20 December 1981 | |||||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||||
Born | Caotun, Taichung County, Taiwan Province, Republic of China | 30 January 1948||||||||||
Nationality | Taiwan | ||||||||||
Political party | Kuomintang | ||||||||||
Spouse | Tsai Ling-yi | ||||||||||
Children | 1 | ||||||||||
Alma mater | National Taiwan University | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 吳敦義 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 吴敦义 | ||||||||||
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Wu Den-yih (Chinese: 吳敦義, born 30 January 1948) is a Taiwanese politician. He graduated from National Taiwan University and worked as a journalist before beginning a career in politics with a 1973 appointment to the Taipei City Council. Wu was then elected Magistrate of Nantou County, serving from 1981 to 1989. Following two terms as magistrate, he was named Mayor of Kaohsiung in 1990. Wu remained mayor until 1998, having won the office in a 1994 direct election. He then served two full terms in the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2008. Shortly after winning a third term in the legislature, Wu was named Premier of the Republic of China in 2009. He served until 2012, when he and Ma Ying-jeou formed the Kuomintang (KMT) presidential ticket. Wu served one four-year term as Vice President of the Republic of China, stepping down in 2016. In May 2017, he was elected party chairman. Wu stepped down from the position in January 2020. Previously, Wu had served the KMT as secretary-general from 2007 to 2009, first vice chairman in 2014, and as acting chairman in 2014 and 2015.