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Joseph Wu
Joseph Wu Jaushieh (; born October 31, 1954) is a Taiwanese politician currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China under current President Tsai Ing-wen since February 26, 2018. He was formerly the Secretary-General to the President of the Republic of China and the Secretary-General of the National Security Council of the Republic of China . From 2007 to 2008, he was Chief Representative of Republic of China to the United States as the head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington, D.C., having been appointed to that position by President Chen Shui-bian to succeed his predecessor, David Lee. On February 26, 2018, he took over the position of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, again succeeding David Lee. Educational background Prior to entering politics, he was an academic political scientist, finishing his PhD in political science in 1989 at Ohio State University. He wrote his doctoral thesis on progress and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Foreign Affairs (Republic Of China)
This is a list of foreign ministers of the Republic of China (based in Taiwan since 1949), heading its Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Political Party: Beiyang and Nationalist Governments Post-1948 Constitution See also * Foreign relations of the Republic of China * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China) References List of Foreign ministers of ROC (with period, Chinese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Minister Of Foreign Affairs (Republic Of China) China * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wu (surname)
''Wú'' is the pinyin transliteration of the Chinese surname 吳 (Simplified Chinese 吴), which is a common surname (family name) in Mainland China. Wú (吳) is the sixth name listed in the Song Dynasty classic ''Hundred Family Surnames''. In 2019 Wu was the ninth most common surname in Mainland China. A 2013 study found that it was the eighth most common surname, shared by 26,800,000 people or 2.000% of the population, with the province having the most being Guangdong. The Cantonese and Hakka transliteration of 吳 is Ng, a syllable made entirely of a nasal consonant while the Min Nan transliteration of 吳 is Ngo, Ngoh, Ngov, Goh, Go, Gouw, depending on the regional variations in Min Nan pronunciation. Shanghainese transliteration of 吳 is Woo. 吳 is also one of the most common surnames in Korea. It is spelled 오 in Hangul and romanized O by the three major romanization systems, but more commonly spelled Oh in South Korea. It is also related far back in Chinese histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainland Affairs Council
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) is a cabinet-level administrative agency under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China in Taiwan. The MAC is responsible for the planning, development, and implementation of the cross-strait relations policy which targets mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau. The MAC's counterpart body in the People's Republic of China is the Taiwan Affairs Office. Both states officially claim each other's territory, however the Republic of China controls only Taiwan and Penghu as well as surrounding islands, and therefore is usually known as "Taiwan", sometimes referred to as the "Free Area" of the Republic of China by the Constitution of the Republic of China. The People's Republic of China controls mainland China as well as Hong Kong, Macau, Hainan, and other islands and is therefore usually known simply as " China". Therefore, the affairs related to the PRC belongs to the MAC, not the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Mainland Affairs Council is admini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Yuan
Jason Yuan (; born 1 February 1942) is a Taiwanese politician and diplomat. He was the Secretary-General of the National Security Council in 2012–2014. ROC Representative to the United States Yuan was the chief representative of the Republic of China to the United States as the head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington, DC. He was appointed to that position in July 2008 by President Ma Ying-jeou to succeed Joseph Wu, who had been appointed by the previous administration. Jul 02, 2008, Page 3 See also * |
Ma Ying-jeou
Ma Ying-jeou ( zh, 馬英九, born 13 July 1950) is a Hong Kong-born Taiwanese politician who served as president of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016. Previously, he served as justice minister from 1993 to 1996 and mayor of Taipei from 1998 to 2006. He served as chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) from 2005 to 2007 and from 2009 to 2014. Ma first won the presidency by 58.45% of the popular vote in the presidential election of 2008, and was re-elected in 2012 with 51.6% of the vote. He was sworn into office as president on 20 May 2008, and sworn in as the Chairman of the Kuomintang on 17 October 2009; he resigned as chairman of Kuomintang on 3 December 2014. Ma's term as president saw warmer relations with Mainland China. He became the first ROC leader to meet with an incumbent General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party ( PRC top leader) when he met Xi Jinping in Singapore in November 2015. Both leaders addressed each other using the honorific ''Xiansheng'' (Chinese: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Shui-bian
Chen Shui-bian (; born 12 October 1950) is a retired Taiwanese politician and lawyer who served as the president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2000 to 2008. Chen was the first president from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) which ended the Kuomintang's (KMT) 55 years of continuous rule in Taiwan. He is colloquially referred to as A-Bian (阿扁). A lawyer, Chen entered politics in 1980 during the Kaohsiung Incident as a member of the Tangwai movement and was elected to the Taipei City Council in 1981. He was jailed in 1985 for libel as the editor of the weekly pro-democracy magazine ''Neo-Formosa'', following publication of an article critical of Elmer Fung, a college philosophy professor who was later elected a New Party legislator. After being released, Chen helped found the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in 1986 and was elected a member of the Legislative Yuan in 1989, and Mayor of Taipei in 1994. Chen won the 2000 presidential election on March 18 wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei Economic And Cultural Representative Office In The United States
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States () represents the interests of Taiwan in the United States in the absence of formal diplomatic relations, functioning as a ''de facto'' embassy. Its counterpart in Taiwan is the office of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) in Taipei. History Prior to 1979, the Republic of China (Taiwan) was represented in Washington by its embassy, occupying the building now used by Haiti. After the transfer of recognition of ''China'' to the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China was no longer recognized by the United States, and therefore no longer entitled to use the former embassy, with its diplomatic mission replaced by the current Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office. The mission serves as the office of the Coordination Council for North American Affairs (CCNAA) in Washington DC, established in 1979 as the counterpart to AIT, after the United States established diplomatic relations wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hung Yao-fu
Hung may refer to: People * Hung (surname), various Chinese surnames * Hùng king, a king of Vietnam People with the given name Hung include: * Hung Huynh, Vietnamese-American chef, winner of the third season of the television show ''Top Chef'' * Hung Pham (born 1963), Vietnamese-Canadian former politician * Hung Cheng, professor of Applied Mathematics Entertainment * ''Hung'', a 1970 novel by Dean Koontz (published under the name Leonard Chris) Film and television * ''Hung'', a short film by Guinevere Turner * ''Hung'' (TV series), aired on HBO Songs * "Hung", by Napalm Death * "Hung", by Wire from the album '' Mind Hive'' Other * Hung language, a Viet-Muong language spoken in Laos * Hang (instrument), a musical instrument whose name is pronounced "hung" * Old Hungarian alphabet (ISO 15924 script code: Hung) * A term for possessing a large human penis size See also * *Hang (other) Hang or Hanging may refer to: People * Choe Hang (other), various peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin Hsi-yao
Lin Hsi-yao (; born 25 December 1961) is a Taiwanese politician. Early life Lin studied civil engineering at National Taiwan University, where he earned a bachelor's and degree and a master's degree in the subject in 1983 and 1990, respectively. Vice Premiership On 7 April 2016, Premier-designate Lin Chuan Lin Chuan (; born 13 December 1951) is a Taiwanese economist and politician who served as Premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2016 to 2017 under President Tsai Ing-wen. He served as Minister of Budget, Accounting and Statistics and ... appointed Lin Hsi-yao to the position of vice premier. Lin Hsi-yao resigned in September 2017, and was shortly afterward presented with an Order of Brilliant Star. Later political career Lin later worked on Tsai Ing-wen's 2020 presidential campaign. She won a second term, after which Lin was named secretary-general of the Democratic Progressive Party. References 1961 births Living people Taiwanese civil en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Secretaries-General Of The Democratic Progressive Party
The following is a list of people who held the office of Secretaries-General of the Democratic Progressive Party. List of Secretaries-General # Huang Erh-hsuan (28 November 1986 – 28 November 1988) # Chang Chun-hung (28 November 1988 – April 1992) # Chen Shih-meng (April 1992– September 1992) # Chiang Peng-chien (September 1992 – December 1993) # Su Tseng-chang (December 1993 – July 1995) # Chiou I-jen (July 1995 – December 1998) # Yu Shyi-kun (25 December 1998 – 20 May 2000) # Wu Nai-ren (20 May 2000 – 20 March 2002) # Chang Chun-hsiung (20 March 2002 – 31 January 2005) # Lee I-yang (1 February 2005 – 25 January 2006) # Lin Chia-lung (25 January 2006 – 15 October 2007) # Cho Jung-tai (15 October 2007 – 15 January 2008) # Lee Ying-yuan (15 January 2008 – 20 May 2008) # Wang Tuoh (20 May 2008 – 20 May 2009) # Wu Nai-ren (20 May 2009 – 20 December 2009) # Su Jia-chyuan (20 December 2009 – 20 May 2010) # Wu Nai-ren (20 May 2010 – 20 December 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yen Teh-fa
Yen Teh-fa (; born 14 November 1952) is a Taiwanese politician and retired general of the Republic of China Army. His ancestral home was in Nanjing. He was previously the Minister of National Defense and the secretary-general of the National Security Council. He was the chief of the general staff of the Republic of China Armed Forces from 30 January 2015 until 1 December 2016. He was the vice minister for armaments of the National Defense Ministry (MND) from 9 August 2013 until 15 January 2014. Education Yen graduated from the Republic of China Military Academy in 1975 and later attended the War College of the National Defense University. Military career In August 2009, Yen joined the disaster relief efforts under the 8th Army Corps following the Typhoon Morakot. In August 2013, Yen was named the vice minister of defense for armaments. He left the post in January 2014, and was appointed the chief of the general staff of the Republic of China Armed Forces. Yen retired in Decemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kao Hua-chu
Kao Hua-chu (; born 2 October 1946) is a retired Republic of China Army general and the incumbent Secretary-General of the National Security Council of the Republic of China. He was the Minister of National Defense that appointed to the post by then Premier-designate Wu Den-yih on 9 September 2009. On 29 July 2013, Kao resigned from his post due to the death scandal of Corporal Hung Chung-chiu of the Republic of China Army during his conscription on 4 July 2013. Early life 1974 Army helicopter crash In 1974, Kao was involved in a helicopter crash in Taoyuan County (now Taoyuan City) with his colleagues, including Yu Hao-chang, the then-Commanding General of Army Command Headquarters. The accident involved two UH-1H helicopters crashed due to bad weather. It killed than 20 people and seriously injuring Kao, yet he still managed to carry Yu on his back while looking for help. 2009 Typhoon Morakot A month after Typhoon Morakot brought the worst flooding and mudslides to Taiwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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