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| Presidency of Tsai Ing-wen 20 May 2016[1] – 20 May 2024 | |
Vice President | |
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| Cabinet | Lin, Lai, Su II, Chen |
| Party |  Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) |
| Election | |
| Seat | Yonghe Residence, Zhongzheng, Taipei |
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The presidency of Tsai Ing-wen officially began on 20 May 2016 when Tsai Ing-wen was inaugurated as the seventh president of the Taiwan. Tsai, a member of the Democratic Progressive Party, took office following her landslide victory in the 2016 Taiwan presidential election over Kuomintang opponent Eric Chu and People First opponent James Soong. Four years later, in the 2020 election, Tsai defeated KMT nominee Han Kuo-yu for a second term. Tsai is the first woman to be elected as president of Taiwan, first unmarried president, and first president to be of both Hakka and aboriginal descent (a quarter Paiwan from her grandmother).[2] She is the first President to have never held an elected executive post before serving as president, the first to be popularly elected without having previously served as the Mayor of Taipei, and the second President from the Democratic Progressive Party, following Chen Shui-bian. Term-limited after two terms, the presidency of Tsai was succeeded by the presidency of William Lai on 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Taiwan swears in Tsai Ing-wen as first female president". France 24. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs brochures MOFA-EN-FO-105-011-I-1 (also appearing in Taiwan Review, May/June 2016) and −004-I-1.