Wu Po-hsiung
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Wu Po-hsiung （Chinese: 吳伯雄; pinyin: Wú Bóxióng; born 19 June 1939） is a Taiwanese politician who is a former chairman of the Kuomintang （KMT）.
He has been the Interior Minister （1984-1988）, Mayor of Taipei （1988–1990）, Secretary-General to the President （1991–1996）, and Chairman of the KMT （2007-2009）.
Wu was nominated as Honorary Chairman of the Kuomintang when he was succeeded by Ma Ying-jeou as the Chairman of the Kuomintang.
Born to a Hakka family in Zhongli, Taoyuan in 1939, Wu received a bachelor's degree in business administration from National Cheng Kung University in 1962.
He entered politics when he was elected into the Taiwan Provincial Council in the Taoyuan County electoral district from 1968 to 1972.
Wu become the Magistrate of Taoyuan County from 1973 to 1976.
His father Wu Hong-ling had served in the same position from 1960 to 1964.
Wu become the Ministry of the Interior twice in 1984-1988 and 1991-1994.
On 15 October 1987, Wu announced the lifting of prohibition of ROC citizens to travel to the Mainland Area.
Citizens were allowed to do so for family visits.
Wu was the first vice-chairman of the main opposition Kuomintang party after Kuomintang lost in the 2000 ROC Presidential Election to the Democratic Progressive Party.
After Chairman Ma Ying-jeou resigned on 13 February 2007, he became the acting chairman.
Wu, however, subsequently resigned his post as acting chairman and member of the Central Standing Committee on 14 March 2007 in order to compete in the KMT chairman election scheduled for 7 April 2007.
Ma announced his support for Wu...