Wu Den-yih

Wu Den-yih
吳敦義
Official portrait, 2012
9th Chairman of the Kuomintang
In office 20 August 2017 – 15 January 2020
Deputy	See list Hau Lung-pin Tseng Yung-chuan
Preceded by	Lin Junq-tzer (acting)
Succeeded by	Lin Rong-te (acting)
Acting 3 December 2014 – 19 January 2015
Deputy	See list Hung Hsiu-chu Hau Lung-pin Huang Min-hui Jason Hu Eric Chu Tseng Yung-chuan
Preceded by	Ma Ying-jeou
Succeeded by	Eric Chu
10th Vice President of the Republic of China
In office 20 May 2012 – 20 May 2016
President	Ma Ying-jeou
Preceded by	Siew Wan-chang
Succeeded by	Chen Chien-jen
23rd Premier of the Republic of China
In office 10 September 2009 – 6 February 2012
President	Ma Ying-jeou
Vice Premier	Eric Chu Sean Chen
Preceded by	Liu Chao-shiuan
Succeeded by	Sean Chen
16th Secretary-General of the Kuomintang
In office 27 February 2007 – 17 October 2009
Chairman	Wu Po-hsiung
Deputy	Liao Feng-teh
Preceded by	Chan Chun-po
Succeeded by	Chan Chun-po
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 2002 – 10 September 2009
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Ma Wen-chun
Constituency	Nantou County
1st Mayor of Kaohsiung
In office 15 December 1994 – 20 December 1998
Deputy	Lin Join-sane
Preceded by	Himself (as appointed mayor)
Succeeded by	Frank Hsieh
3rd Appointed Mayor of Kaohsiung
In office 18 June 1990 – 15 December 1994
Appointed by	Executive Yuan
Preceded by	Su Nan-cheng
Succeeded by	Himself (as elected mayor)
6th Magistrate of Nantou
In office 20 December 1981 – 20 December 1989
Preceded by	Meng Fan-chao
Succeeded by	Lin Yuan-lang
Member of the Taipei City Council
In office 25 December 1973 – 20 December 1981
Personal details
Born	(1948-01-30) 30 January 1948 (age 76) Caotun, Taichung County, Taiwan Province, Republic of China
Nationality	Taiwan
Political party	Kuomintang
Spouse	Tsai Ling-yi
Children	1
Alma mater	National Taiwan University (BA)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	吳敦義
Simplified Chinese	吴敦义
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wú Dūnyì Southern Min Hokkien POJ Gô͘ Tun-gī

Wu Den-yih (Chinese: 吳敦義, born 30 January 1948) is a Taiwanese politician. He graduated from National Taiwan University and worked as a journalist before beginning a career in politics with a 1973 appointment to the Taipei City Council. Wu was then elected Magistrate of Nantou County, serving from 1981 to 1989. Following two terms as magistrate, he was named Mayor of Kaohsiung in 1990. Wu remained mayor until 1998, having won the office in a 1994 direct election. He then served two full terms in the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2008. Shortly after winning a third term in the legislature, Wu was named Premier of the Republic of China in 2009. He served until 2012, when he and Ma Ying-jeou formed the Kuomintang (KMT) presidential ticket. Wu served one four-year term as Vice President of the Republic of China, stepping down in 2016. In May 2017, he was elected party chairman. Wu stepped down from the position in January 2020. Previously, Wu had served the KMT as secretary-general from 2007 to 2009, first vice chairman in 2014, and as acting chairman in 2014 and 2015.