Wu Rong-ming

Wu Rong-ming
吳容明
Vice President of the Examination Yuan
In office
8 June 2004 – 31 July 2008
PresidentYao Chia-wen
Preceded byJohn Kuan
Succeeded byWu Jin-lin
Minister of the Civil Service
In office
20 May 2000 – 16 June 2004
Preceded byChiu Chin-yi [zh]
Succeeded byChiu Wu-hsien [zh]
Minister without portfolio
In office
27 January 1999 – 15 August 1999
Vice Governor of Taiwan Province
In office
1994–1998
GovernorJames Soong
Secretary-General of the Examination Yuan
In office
24 April 1993 – 23 December 1994
Personal details
Born (1943-12-23) 23 December 1943 (age 80)
Bokushi, Tōseki, Tainan Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan (today Puzi, Chiayi County, Taiwan
NationalityTaiwanese
Political partyPeople First Party (since 2000)
Other political
affiliations		Kuomintang (until 1999)

Wu Rong-ming (Chinese: 吳容明; pinyin: Wú Róngmíng; born 23 December 1943) is a Taiwanese politician.

In the 1980s, Wu worked in the Taipei City Government. From 1993 to 1994, he was secretary-general of the Examination Yuan. Wu was close to James Soong, whom he served under as vice governor of Taiwan Province from 1994 to 1998.[1] The Kuomintang chose to expel Soong in 1999 for running an independent presidential campaign. Wu, who had resigned his position as minister without portfolio to become Soong's campaign manager,[2][3] had his party membership rescinded.[4] After Chen Shui-bian won the presidential election, it was reported that Wu had Premier Tang Fei's support to lead the Ministry of the Interior.[5] Instead, Wu was officially named minister without portfolio for the second time and led the Ministry of Civil Service under the purview of the Examination Yuan.[6] Wu was appointed as Vice President of the Examination Yuan in May 2004,[7] and confirmed to the office in June.[8] On 1 September 2008, Wu became chairman of Taiwan Sugar Corporation.[9] He resigned the position on 14 November, because he was opposed to the appointment of Chen Ching-bin as company president.[10][11] Wu was succeeded by Hu Mao-lin.[12]

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  3. ^ Chen, Lauren (29 January 2000). "Analysts disagree on Soong's new drawing power". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  4. ^ Chen, Lauren (17 November 1999). "KMT set to purge Soong and allies". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  5. ^ Jou, Ying-cheng; Lin, Irene; Sung, Catherine (13 April 2000). "Three more named to Chen's Cabinet". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  6. ^ Low, Stephanie; Lin, Irene; Hsu, Brian (14 April 2000). "Cabinet selection almost finished". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  7. ^ Wu, Debby (26 May 2004). "Wu nomination gets help from Wang". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  8. ^ Lin, Chieh-yu (9 June 2004). "Chen swears in Wu, other new top officials". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  9. ^ Tseng, Hui-wen; Tchii, Elizabeth; Ko, Shu-ling (20 November 2008). "Taisugar chairman Wu abruptly resigns position". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  10. ^ Ko, Shu-ling (21 November 2008). "Chiang apologizes for making 'trouble' for Taisugar's Wu". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  11. ^ "Taisugar official to resign". Taipei Times. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  12. ^ "New chairman at Taisugar". Taipei Times. 26 December 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2017.