Dr.

Tsai Ing-wen () 15
th
Chair
Curriculum Vitae

Hometown Pintung, Taiwan
Birthdate 8/31/1956
Current Office Chair, Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan (DPP)
Education 1978 B.A., School of Law, National Taiwan University
1980 M.A., School of Law, Cornell University
1984 Ph. D., London School of Economics and Political Science
Career
Background
1984-1991 Professor, National Chengchi University
1991-1993 Professor, Soochow University
1993-2000 Professor, National Chengchi University
1994-1998 Member of the Mainland Affairs Council, Executive Yuan
1995-1998 Member of the Fair Trade Commission, Executive Yuan
1999-2000 Senior Advisor, National Security Council
2000-2004 Minister, Mainland Affairs Council, Executive Yuan
2004-2005 Senior Advisor to the President
2005-2006 Member of the Legislative Yuan
2006-2007 Vice Premier of the Executive Yuan
2008-2012 Chair and Presidential Candidate, DPP
2012-2014 Chair, Thinking Taiwan Foundation
2014-Present 15
th
Chair, DPP
E-mail chairperson@dpp.org.tw