Tsai Ing-wen

Tsai Ing-wen
蔡英文
President of the Republic of China
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 May 2016
Premier	Lin Chuan
Vice President	Chen Chien-jen
Preceded by	Ma Ying-jeou
Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 May 2014
Preceded by	Su Tseng-chang
In office 27 April 2011 – 14 January 2012
Preceded by	Ker Chien-ming (Acting)
Succeeded by	Chen Chu (Acting)
In office 20 May 2008 – 17 March 2011
Preceded by	Frank Hsieh (Acting)
Succeeded by	Ker Chien-ming (Acting)
Vice Premier of the Republic of China
In office 25 January 2006 – 21 May 2007
Premier	Su Tseng-chang
Preceded by	Wu Rong-i
Succeeded by	Chiou I-jen
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 2005 – 24 January 2006
Constituency	Republic of China
Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council
In office 20 May 2000 – 20 May 2004
Premier	Tang Fei Chang Chun-hsiung Yu Shyi-kun
Deputy	Chen Ming-tong
Preceded by	Su Chi
Succeeded by	Joseph Wu
Personal details
Born	(1956-08-31) 31 August 1956 (age 60) Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Political party	Independent (Before 2004) Democratic Progressive Party (2004–present)
Residence	Yonghe Residence
Alma mater	National Taiwan University Cornell University London School of Economics
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Tsai Ing-wen
"Tsai Ing-wen" in Chinese characters
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu Pinyin	Cài Yīngwén
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Cài Yīngwén Bopomofo ㄘㄞˋ   ㄧㄥ   ㄨㄣˊ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Tsay Ing'wen Wade–Giles Tsʻai4 Ying1-wên2 Tongyong Pinyin Cài Yingwún Yale Romanization Tsài Yīngwén MPS2 Tsài Yīng-wén IPA [tsʰâi̯ íŋ.u̯ə̌n] Hakka Romanization Tshai Yîn-vun Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Choi Yīng-màhn Jyutping Coi3 Jing1-man4 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Chhoà Eng-bûn Tâi-lô Tshuà Ing-bûn

Tsai Ing-wen (Chinese: 蔡英文; pinyin: Cài Yīngwén; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhoà Eng-bûn; born 31 August 1956) is a Taiwanese politician currently serving as the President of the Republic of China, commonly referred to as Taiwan. Tsai is the second president from Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Tsai is also the first woman elected to the office. She is also the first president to be of Hakka and aboriginal descent (a quarter Paiwan from her grandmother), the first unmarried president, the first to have never held an elected executive post before presidency, and the first to be popularly elected without having previously served as the Mayor of Taipei. She is the incumbent chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), and was the party's presidential candidate in the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections. Tsai previously served as party chair from 2008 to 2012.

Tsai graduated in law and was subsequently a university professor. From 1993, she was appointed to a series of governmental positions by the then-ruling Kuomintang (KMT) and was one of the chief drafters of the special state-to-state relations doctrine of then President Lee Teng-hui.

After DPP President Chen Shui-bian took office in 2000, Tsai served as Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council throughout Chen's first term as a non-partisan. She joined DPP in 2004 and served briefly as a DPP-nominated at-large member of the Legislative Yuan. From there, she was appointed Vice Premier under Premier Su Tseng-chang until the cabinet's mass resignation in 2007. She was elected and assumed DPP chairpersonship in 2008, following her party's defeat in the 2008 presidential election. She resigned as chairperson after losing her 2012 presidential election bid.