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Ma Ying-jeou

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Ma Ying-jeou (Chinese: 馬英九; pinyin: Mǎ Yīngjiǔ; Ma-ING-gee-oh; born 13 July 1950) is a Taiwanese politician, lawyer, and legal scholar who served as the sixth president of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016. A member of the Kuomintang (KMT), he was previously the mayor of Taipei from 1998 to 2006 and the chairman of the Kuomintang for two terms (2005–2007; 2009–2014). Ma was born in British Hong Kong to a prominent waishengren family that moved to Taiwan in 1952. After graduating from National Taiwan University, Ma joined the Republic of China Marine Corps and attained the rank of lieutenant. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ma Ying-jeou is the 3,800th most popular politician (down from 3,338th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Hong Kong and the most popular Chinese Politician.

Ma ying-jeou is most famous for being the president of Taiwan.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ma Ying-jeou ranks 3,800 out of 19,576. Before him are Djedkare Isesi, Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, Otto Bauer, Gim Yu-sin, Lekë Dukagjini, and Prince Henry of Prussia. After him are Wittiza, King Xiaowen of Qin, Mursili I, Moctezuma I, Hugh of Italy, and Sviatopolk II of Kiev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Ma Ying-jeou ranks 51. Before him are Nouri al-Maliki, Grzegorz Lato, Jody Scheckter, William Barr, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, and John F. Kelly. After him are Cybill Shepherd, Timothy M. Dolan, Marianne Bachmeier, Chantal Akerman, Roza Otunbayeva, and Sônia Braga.

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In Hong Kong

Among people born in Hong Kong, Ma Ying-jeou ranks 5 out of 115. Before him are Jackie Chan (1954), William Anders (1933), Sammo Hung (1952), and Chow Yun-fat (1955). After him are Leslie Cheung (1956), Stephen Chow (1962), Stanley Ho (1921), Margaret Chan (1947), John Lone (1952), Andy Lau (1961), and Katrina Kaif (1983).

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Among POLITICIANS In Hong Kong

Among politicians born in Hong Kong, Ma Ying-jeou ranks 1. After him are Margaret Chan (1947), Carrie Lam (1957), John Lee Ka-chiu (1957), Leung Chun-ying (1954), He Xiangning (1878), Martin Lee (1938), Agnes Chow (1996), and Rory Stewart (1973).

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