Ma Ying-jeou

President of the Republic of China

13 July 1950 Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong

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20 May 2008 – 20 May 2016

Taiwanese politician, former president of the Republic of China In this Chinese name, the family name is Ma (馬 ). Ma Ying-jeou馬英九 Official photo of President Ma Ying-jeouPresident of the Republic of ChinaIn office 20 May 2008 – 20 May 2016PremierLiu Chao-shiuan Wu Den-yih Sean Chen Jiang Yi-huah Mao Chi-kuo Chang San-chengVice President Vincent Siew Wu Den-yihPreceded by Chen Shui-bianSucceeded by Tsai Ing-wenChairman of the KuomintangIn office 17 October 2009 – 3 December 2014Preceded by Wu Po-hsiungSucceeded by Wu Den-yih (interim)In office 27 July 2005 – 13 February 2007Preceded by Lien ChanSucceeded by Wu Po-hsiung (interim)Mayor of TaipeiIn office 25 December 1998 – 25 December 2006Preceded by Chen Shui-bianSucceeded by Hau Lung-pin Additional positions Minister of JusticeIn office 27 February 1993 – 10 June 1996PremierLien ChanPreceded by Lu Yu-wenSucceeded by Liao Cheng-haoMinister of Research, Development and EvaluationIn office 27 July 1988 – 27 June 1991PremierYu Kuo-hwa Lee Huan Hau Pei-tsunDeputySun Te-hsiungSucceeded by Sun Te-hsiung Personal detailsBorn (1950-07-13 ) 13 July 1950 (age 71) Yau Ma Tei, Hong KongPolitical partyKuomintangSpouse(s)Christine ChowChildren2 daughtersEducationNational Taiwan University (LLB) New York University (LLM) Harvard University (SJD)Military serviceAllegiance  Republic of ChinaBranch/service Republic of China Marine Corps Republic of China NavyYears of service1972–1974RankLieutenantChinese nameTraditional Chinese馬英九 Simplified Chinese马英九 TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinMǎ Yīngjiǔ Bopomofoㄇㄚˇㄧㄥㄐㄧㄡˇ Wade–GilesMa³ Ying¹-chiu³ Tongyong PinyinMǎ Yingjiǒu IPA WuRomanizationmo2 in1cieu2 HakkaRomanizationMâ Yîn-kiú Yue: CantoneseJyutpingmaa5 jing1gau2 Southern MinHokkien POJMá Eng-kiú Ma Ying-jeou (born 13 July 1950) is a Hong Kong-born Taiwanese politician who served as the sixth president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2008 to 2016. His previous political roles include Justice Minister (1993–96) and Mayor of Taipei (1998–2006). He was also the Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) between 2005–2007 and 2009–2014. Ma first won the presidency by 58.45% of the popular vote in the presidential election of 2008, and was re-elected in 2012 with 51.6% of the vote. He was sworn into office as president on 20 May 2008, and sworn in as the Chairman of the Kuomintang on 17 October 2009; he resigned as Chairman of Kuomintang on 3 December 2014. Ma's term as president saw warmer relations with Mainland China. He became the first head of state of the Republic of China to meet with a Communist Party General Secretary when he met Xi Jinping in Singapore in November 2015.