Cho Jung-tai

Cho Jung-tai
卓榮泰
Official portrait, 2024
32nd Premier of the Republic of China
Assumed office
20 May 2024
PresidentLai Ching-te
Vice PremierCheng Li-chun
Preceded byChen Chien-jen
16th Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party
In office
9 January 2019 – 20 May 2020
Secretary GeneralLuo Wen-jia
Preceded byLin Yu-chang (acting)
Succeeded byTsai Ing-wen
26th and 37th Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan
In office
8 September 2017 – 28 December 2018
PremierLai Ching-te
Preceded byChen Mei-ling
Succeeded byHo Pei-shan (acting)
Li Meng-yen
In office
19 September 2005 – 25 January 2006
PremierFrank Hsieh
Preceded byLee Ying-yuan
Succeeded byLiu Yuh-san
12th Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party
In office
15 October 2007 – 15 January 2008
ChairmanChen Shui-bian
Preceded byLin Chia-lung
Succeeded byLee Ying-yuan
Acting Secretary-General to the President
In office
21 May 2007 – 19 August 2007
PresidentChen Shui-bian
Preceded byChiou I-jen
Succeeded byYeh Chu-lan
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1999 – 19 May 2004
ConstituencyTaipei I
Personal details
Born (1958-01-22) 22 January 1958 (age 66)
Taipei City, Taiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
Other political
affiliations
Kuomintang (formerly)
EducationNational Chung Hsing University (LLB)
Cho Jung-tai
Traditional Chinese卓榮泰
Simplified Chinese卓荣泰
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhuó Róngtài
Wade–GilesCho2 Jung2-tʻai4

Cho Jung-tai (Chinese: 卓榮泰; pinyin: Zhuó Róngtài; Wade–Giles: Cho2 Jung2-tʻai4; born 22 January 1959) is a Taiwanese politician who is the premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2024. He served on the Taipei City Council from 1990 to 1998, when he was first elected to the Legislative Yuan. Cho remained a legislator through 2004, when he was appointed deputy secretary-general to the president during the Chen Shui-bian administration. During Frank Hsieh's 2008 presidential bid, Cho assumed the post of Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party. He returned to public service in 2017, as secretary-general of the Executive Yuan under Premier William Lai. In 2019, Cho succeeded Tsai Ing-wen as leader of the Democratic Progressive Party. He remained leader of the party until May 2020, when Tsai resumed the role.