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Tsai Ing-wen

1956 - Today

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Tsai Ing-wen (Chinese: 蔡英文; pinyin: Cài Yīngwén; born 31 August 1956) is a Taiwanese politician and legal scholar who served as the seventh president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2016 to 2024. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), she intermittently served as chair of the DPP from 2008 to 2012, 2014 to 2018, and 2020 to 2022. She was the first woman to hold the presidency in Taiwan's history. Tsai was born in Taipei and earned bachelor's and master's degrees in law from National Taiwan University and Cornell University, respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tsai Ing-wen is the 2,477th most popular politician (down from 1,333rd in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Taiwan (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular Taiwanese Politician.

Tsai Ing-wen is most famous for being the first female president of Taiwan.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tsai Ing-wen ranks 2,477 out of 19,576. Before her are Joanna II of Naples, Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy, Rudolf I of Bohemia, Mary of Guise, Celâl Bayar, and Isetnofret. After her are Vladimir Zhirinovsky, King Zhuangxiang of Qin, Jill Biden, Zhu De, Philip, Duke of Parma, and Albert I, Prince of Monaco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Tsai Ing-wen ranks 23. Before her are Bryan Cranston, Theresa May, Dalia Grybauskaitė, Dave Murray, Carrie Fisher, and Martina Navratilova. After her are Chris Isaak, Andy García, Linda Hamilton, Judith Butler, Giuseppe Tornatore, and Geena Davis.

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In Taiwan

Among people born in Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen ranks 2 out of 116. Before her are Teresa Teng (1953). After her are Lee Teng-hui (1923), Ang Lee (1954), Jensen Huang (1963), Momofuku Ando (1910), Chen Shui-bian (1950), William Lai (1959), Yuan T. Lee (1936), Joan Lin (1953), Terry Gou (1950), and Jerry Yang (1968).

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Among POLITICIANS In Taiwan

Among politicians born in Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen ranks 1. After her are Lee Teng-hui (1923), Chen Shui-bian (1950), William Lai (1959), Zheng Keshuang (1670), Su Tseng-chang (1947), Annette Lu (1944), Wu Den-yih (1948), Frank Hsieh (1946), Elaine Chao (1953), Eric Chu (1961), and Chen Chien-jen (1951).

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