Ma Ying-jeou

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Ma Ying-jeou is a Taiwanese politician and former President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) known for his leadership of the Kuomintang and efforts to improve cross-strait relations with mainland China.

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Ma Ying-jeou canonical 3
馬英九 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
lawyer
politician
almaMater Harvard Law School
National Taiwan University
New York University
birthDate 1950-07-13
birthPlace Hong Kong under British rule
surface form: British Hong Kong
citizenship Republic of China
countryOfOffice Republic of China
degree LL.B.
LL.M.
S.J.D.
endTime 2016-05-20
endTime (KMT chairman, first term) 2007-02-13
endTime (KMT chairman, second term) 2014-12-03
endTime (Mayor of Taipei) 2006-12-25
endTime (Minister of Justice) 1996-06-10
fieldOfStudy law
gender male
knownFor advocating the 1992 Consensus
improving cross-strait relations with mainland China
meeting with Xi Jinping in 2015
languageSpoken Cantonese
English
Mandarin Chinese
name Ma Ying-jeou self-link
nationality Taiwanese
nativeName Ma Ying-jeou self-linksurface differs
surface form: 馬英九
numberOfChildren 2
officeHeld Chairman of the Kuomintang
Mayor of Taipei
Minister of Justice of the Republic of China
President of the Republic of China
politicalParty Kuomintang
precededBy Chen Shui-bian
precededBy (KMT chairman, 2005) Lien Chan
precededBy (KMT chairman, 2009) Wu Po-hsiung
precededBy (Mayor of Taipei) Chen Shui-bian
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Taipei, Taiwan
spouse Christine Chow Ma
surface form: Christine Chow Mei-ching
startTime 2008-05-20
startTime (KMT chairman, first term) 2005-08-19
startTime (KMT chairman, second term) 2009-10-17
startTime (Mayor of Taipei) 1998-12-25
startTime (Minister of Justice) 1993-02-27
succeededBy Tsai Ing-wen
succeededBy (KMT chairman, 2007) Wu Po-hsiung
succeededBy (KMT chairman, 2014) Wu Den-yih
succeededBy (Mayor of Taipei) Hau Lung-pin
vicePresident Vincent Siew
Wu Den-yih

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Ma notableBearer Ma Ying-jeou
Ma Ying-jeou name Ma Ying-jeou self-link
Ma Ying-jeou nativeName Ma Ying-jeou self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 馬英九