Wu Den-yih Information & Wu Den-yih Links at HealthHaven.com

Wu Den-yih
吳敦義
	Wu Den-yih; 吳敦義
	;
	Premier of the Republic of China
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 September 2009
President	Ma Ying-jeou
Deputy	Eric Liluan Chu
Preceded by	Liu Chao-shiuan
	Mayor of Kaohsiung
	In office; 15 June 1990 – 20 December 1998
Preceded by	Su Nan-cheng
Succeeded by	Frank Hsieh
Born	30 January 1948 (age 61); Caotun, Republic of China
Political party	Kuomintang
Spouse(s)	Tsai Ling-yi
Alma mater	National Taiwan University

Wu Den-yih (Chinese: 吳敦義, Pinyin: Wú Dūnyì; born January 30, 1948) is a Taiwanese politician of the Kuomintang Party, and the current Premier of the Republic of China.

[edit] Personal

Wu was born in Tsaotun, Nantou County, Taiwan. He earned a BA degree in history from the National Taiwan University in 1970.

Wu is married with wife Tsai Ling-yi and the two have three sons and one daughter.^[1]

[edit] Politics

Wu Den-yih was the appointed mayor of Kaohsiung between 1990 and 1994, and he served as the mayor again from 1994 to 1998 by election. He was defeated by Frank Hsieh in the mayoral election in 1998. Wu is also currently the general secretary of KMT since 2007.

Wu was designated to succeed Liu Chao-shiuan as Premier of the Republic of China on 8 September 2009 by President Ma Ying-jeou. Liu and his Cabinet resigned en masse on 10 September, with Wu succeeding the post that very same day.^[2]

Political offices
Preceded by Su Nan-cheng	Mayor of Kaohsiung 1990–1998	Succeeded by Frank Hsieh
Preceded by Office created	Legislative Yuan-Nantou County District 1 2008-2009	Succeeded by Pending special election
Preceded by Liu Chao-shiuan	Premier of the Republic of China 2009–present	Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Chan Chun-pao	Secretary-General of the Kuomintang 2007–present	Succeeded by Chan Chun-pao

[edit] References

[0] ttp://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=185593

[1] ttp://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aQqgrHLKAVok

[1]

[2]