Kuomintang (KMT) nominee
for the 12th-term presidency

Ma Ying-jeou

Date of Birth: July 13, 1950

Education

• S.J.D., Harvard University, 1981

• LL.M., New York University, 1976

• LL.B., National Taiwan University, 1972

Experience

• Chairman, Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party), 2005-2007

• Mayor, Taipei City, 1998-2006

• Associate Professor of Law, National Chengchi University, 1997-1998

• Minister without Portfolio, 1996-1997

• Minister of Justice, 1993-1996

• Vice Chairman, Mainland Affairs Council, 1991-1993

• Chairman, Executive Yuan Research, Development and Evaluation Commission, 1988-1991

• Deputy Secretary-General for International Affairs, Kuomintang Central Committee 1984-1988

• Deputy Director, First Bureau, Office of the President, 1981-1988