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Hung Out, Chu In as KMT Reshuffles

Taiwan Business TOPICS/2015-11-102015-11-19

In a move that some found shocking and others considered inevitable, the ruling KMT convened a special party congress on October 17 to replace its candidate for the 2016 presidential election, Deputy Legislative Speaker Hung Hsiu-chu, with New Taipei City Mayor and party chairman Eric Chu. The dramatic turn of events had been building for…

President Ma congratulates KMT Chair successor Eric Chu

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KMT Elects New Chairman

Taiwan Business TOPICS/2015-02-062020-02-06

PASSING THE TORCH — President Ma Ying-jeou congratulates his successor as KMT chairman, New Taipei City Mayor Eric Chu. The KMT elected Eric Chu, the recently reelected mayor of New Taipei City, as its new chairman on January 17. Elections were held following Ma Ying-jeou’s resignation as party head last December to take responsibility for…