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Lai Ching-te (Chinese: 賴清德; pinyin: Lài Qīngdé; born 6 October 1959), also known as William Lai, is a Taiwanese politician and former physician who is currently serving as the 8th president of the Republic of China since May 2024.
Lai Ching-te, a former doctor from a poor mining family, was propelled into politics by a military crisis in the Taiwan Strait 27 years ago. Now, the soft-spoken political veteran is tasked with ...
The presidency of Lai Ching-te began on 20 May 2024, when Lai Ching-te was sworn in as 16th president of the Republic of China and the eighth president of the republic since it became established on the island of Taiwan, succeeding Tsai Ing-wen.
Read more: Taiwan's Lai Ching-te Discusses China, Trade, and More with TIME. Who is Lai Ching-te? A Harvard-educated former physician, who also goes by William, Lai is scheduled to assume office ...
The following is the cabinet of Cho Jung-tai, who was appointed as Premier of Taiwan on 20 May 2024 by President Lai Ching-te. [1] [2] [3] This is the first premiership of Lai's presidency. The cabinet is also known as the Active & Innovative "AI" Cabinet.
Lai accepted congratulations from fellow politicians and delegations from the 12 nations that maintain official diplomatic relations with Taiwan, as well as politicians from the U.S., Japan and various European states. Lai entered politics as mayor of the southern city of Tainan and then rose to vice president.
Lai Ching-te, Taiwan’s president-elect, has vowed to safeguard the island’s de-facto independence from China and further align it with other democracies. Lai, 64, emerged victorious in ...
In his inaugural speech, Lai Ching-te emphasized the notion of Huadu, saying that the inauguration of the first democratically elected president Lee Teng-hui in 1996 proved to the world that "the Republic of China Taiwan is a sovereign, independent nation in which sovereignty lies in the hands of the people".