Candidate Profiles: Frank Chang-ting Hsieh  Ma Ying-jeou

Curricula Vitae of the Candidates for the Eleventh-term President and Vice President

Candidacy

Presidential Candidate

Vice Presidential Candidate

Name
Ma Ying-jeou

Vincent C. Siew
Date of Birth July 13, 1950 January 3, 1939
Gender Male Male
Political Affiliation 

Kuomintang (KMT) 

Kuomintang (KMT)

Education
  • S.J.D., Harvard University, 1981 
  • LL.M., New York University, 1976 
  • LL.B., National Taiwan University, 1972
  • M.A. in International Law and Diplomacy, National Chengchi University, 1965 
  • B.A. in Diplomacy, National Chengchi University, 1961  
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
  • Chairman, Cross-Straits Common Market Foundation, 2001-present 
  • Vice Chairman, Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party), 2000-2005 
  • Premier, 1997-2000 
  • Member, Legislative Yuan, 1996-1997 
  • Chairman, Mainland Affairs Council, 1994-1995 
  • Chairman, Council for Economic Planning and Development, 1993-1994 
  • Chairman, Chunghua Institution for Economic Research, 1992-2007 
  • Minister of Economic Affairs, 1990-1993 
  • Vice Chairman, Council for Economic Planning and Development, 1988-1990 
  • Director-General, Bureau of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs, 1982-1988

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