Wu Rong-ming (; born 23 December 1943) is a Taiwanese politician. In the 1980s, Wu worked in the

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. From 1993 to 1994, he was secretary-general of the

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. Wu was close to

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, whom he served under as vice governor of Taiwan Province from 1994 to 1998. The

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chose to expel Soong in 1999 for running an independent presidential campaign. Wu, who had resigned his position as minister without portfolio to become Soong's campaign manager, had his party membership rescinded. After

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won the presidential election, it was reported that Wu had Premier

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's support to lead the

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. Instead, Wu was officially named minister without portfolio for the second time and led the Ministry of Civil Service under the purview of the Examination Yuan. Wu was appointed as Vice President of the Examination Yuan in May 2004, and confirmed to the office in June. On 1 September 2008, Wu became chairman of

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. He resigned the position on 14 November, because he was opposed to the appointment of Chen Ching-bin as company president. Wu was succeeded by Hu Mao-lin.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wu, Rong-ming 1943 births Living people Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Chiayi County Kuomintang politicians in Taiwan People First Party (Taiwan) politicians Taiwanese Ministers of Civil Service