William Lai
Willam Lai Ching‑te[2] (born 6 October 1959), is a Taiwanese politician. He was a legislator in the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2010, and as Mayor of Tainan from 2010 to 2017, before taking office as Premier of the Republic of China.
William Lai Ching-te 賴淸德 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 49th Premier of the Republic of China | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 8 September 2017 – 14 January 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
| President | Tsai Ing-wen | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vice Premier | Shih Jun-ji | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Lin Chuan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Su Tseng-chang | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mayor of Tainan | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 25 December 2010 – 7 September 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Hsu He-chun | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Hsu Tain-tsair | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Li Meng-yen (acting)[1] Huang Wei-cher | ||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 15 April 1999 – 7 December 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Tainan City, 2nd ward | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 6 October 1959 Wanli, Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party | ||||||||||||||||||
| Education | National Taiwan University (BS) National Cheng Kung University (MD) Harvard University (MPH) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||
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On 24 November 2018, he announced his intention to resign from the premiership after the Democratic Progressive Party suffered a major defeat in local elections, and left office on 14 January 2019.[3][4]
Lai is a candidate for Vice President of the Republic of China and the running mate of President Tsai Ing-wen in the 2020 Taiwan presidential election.[5][6]
References
- "Lai bids farewell to Tainan, names Lee Meng-yen as acting mayor - Politics - FocusTaiwan Mobile - CNA English News". Archived from the original on 2017-10-14. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- 賴淸德 [William Lai] (in Chinese). Legislative Yuan. 23 July 2013.
- "Taiwan premier, cabinet to quit after local election trouncing". Channel NewsAsia. 10 January 2019. Archived from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- "林佳龍掌交部、陳良基接教長 蘇內閣下周一上工" (in Chinese). United Daily News. 12 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- 陪同高雄立委聯合登記 賴清德：國會過半 蔡總統更有實力守護台灣 卓榮泰：再次八仙過海，贏下高雄戰場. 民主進步黨 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 19 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
民主進步黨主席卓榮泰今（19）日早前往高雄，與副總統參選人賴清德，出席「八仙過海、高雄大贏」民進黨高雄市8席立委聯合登記記者會，與民進黨8位高雄市立委參選人邱議瑩、邱志偉、劉世芳、林岱樺、李昆澤、趙天麟、許智傑和賴瑞隆登記參選。
- "Beijing 'interferes daily' in Taiwan's election, says Tsai Ing-wen". South China Morning Post. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
China sailed an aircraft carrier group through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the same day Tsai announced her running mate, former premier William Lai Ching-te, who has angered Beijing with his pro-independence comments.
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