Ma Ying-jeou Politician

Ma Ying-jeou (Chinese: 馬英九; pinyin: Mǎ Yīngjiǔ, Mandarin pronunciation: [mɑ̀ íŋtɕjòʊ]; born 13 July 1950) is a Taiwanese politician and the current President of the Republic of China (ROC). Previous roles include Justice Minister (1993–96) and Mayor of Taipei (1998–2006). He was also the Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) in 2005–2007 and 2009–2014. 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.

Personal facts

Birth date	July 13, 1950
Birth place	Hong Kong , Yau Ma Tei , Kwong Wah Hospital , Kowloon , British Hong Kong
Nationality	Taiwan
Education	Harvard Law School National Taiwan University New York University School of Law
Spouse	Christine Chow Ma

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Office holder

deputy	Sun Te-hsiung
military branch	Republic of China Navy
military rank	Major
office	Minister without Portfolio President of the Republic of China Chairman of the Kuomintang Mayor of Taipei Minister of Justice of the Republic of China Deputy Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan Minister of the Research Development and Evaluation Commission of the Executive Yuan
party	Kuomintang
relation	Ma Ho-ling Chin Hou-hsiu
service end	1974
service start	1972
successor	Hau Lung-pin Sun Te-hsiung Liao Cheng-hao Wu Po-hsiung
vice president	Vincent Siew Wu Den-yih