Vice Chairman of Kuomintang
What position did Eric Chu take from Nov 2008 to Sep 2009?
Eric Chu Eric Chu Li-luan ( ; born on 7 June 1961 ) is a Taiwanese politician . He was born into a political family with strong Kuomintang ( KMT ) ties , and served as Vice Premier of the Republic of China , under Premier Wu Den-yih . Prior to this , Chu served as legislator ( 1999 to 2001 ) and as the magistrate of Taoyuan County ( 2001 to 2009 ) . He was elected as the first mayor of the newly established city of New Taipei on 27 November 2010 . On 17 January 2015 , he was elected unopposed as Chairman of the Kuomintang , succeeding Ma Ying-jeou . On 17 October 2015 , he was chosen as KMT candidate for the 2016 presidential election replacing incumbent candidate Hung Hsiu-chu . Chu was defeated by his opponent Tsai Ing-wen , and subsequently resigned his post as KMT chairman . He was succeeded as mayor of New Taipei by Hou You-yi in 2018 . Early life . Chu was born in Bade City , Taoyuan County , Taiwan , son of a local Taoyuan County politician who served in the local legislature and also in the National Assembly . Chus mother is from Daxi Township . Chu is married to Kao Wan-ching ( ) ; his father-in-law , Kao Yu-jen , is former speaker of the Taiwan Provincial Assembly , chairman of Twinhead International Corp and founder of FiberLogic Communications . Chu studied at the National Taiwan University , earning a bachelors degree in management in 1983 . After completing compulsory military service in the Republic of China Armed Forces , Chu then went abroad to study at New York University in the United States where he completed a masters degree in finance in 1987 and a PhD in accounting in 1991 . Early career . After graduation , Chu taught as an assistant professor at City University of New York before returning to teach in Taiwan in 1992 . He initially taught as an associate professor in accounting at National Taiwan University and was promoted to a tenured professor in 1997 . Early political career . He ran in the Republic of China legislative election held on 5 December 1998 , was elected as a Kuomintang legislator , and took office on 1 February 1999 . During his office term , he focused on financial and economic issues of Taiwan . In 2000 , he was appointed as the Chairman of Budgetary Committee and Finance Committee of the Legislative Yuan . He served the position for one year until 2001 . Taoyuan County magistrate . 2001 Taoyuan County magistrate election . Chu won the 2001 Taoyuan County Magistrate election held on 1 December 2001 as a member of then-opposition Kuomintang , defeating Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ) candidate Perng Shaw-jiin . 2005 Taoyuan County magistrate election . Chu ran for re-election in the 2005 Republic of China local election on 3 December 2005 and defeated DPP challenger Cheng Pao-ching , CEO of Taiwan Salt Company . He then took office for his second term as magistrate on 20 December 2005 . 2009 Founders Awards . In March 2009 , Magistrate Chu , with other three local government officials , was named by the Intelligent Community Forum as the recipient of its annual Founders Awards for his effort in digital and technology development . The forum studies the impact of technology on communities . Grandmothers house named historic site . According to the Liberty Times , while Chu was serving as magistrate , his grandmothers home in Daxi was designated a historic architectural site ; in 2014 , after Chu registered to run for chairmanship of the KMT , just prior to the transfer of power to the DPP , the Taoyuan County Government Cultural Affairs Bureau signed contracts of NT$30.17 million ( US$1 mil ) of public spending to renovate the site . Resignation from position as County Magistrate . Chu did not complete his second term . He resigned his post as Taoyuan County Magistrate when he was named vice premier in 2009 . He was succeeded by Deputy Magistrate Huang Min-kon ( 黃敏恭 ) as acting magistrate on 10 September 2009 . Kuomintang Vice Chairmanship . During his second term as Magistrate of Taoyuan County , Chu concurrently served as the Vice Chairman of Kuomintang from November 2008 until October 2009 . 2009 Straits Forum . Addressing the audience as KMT Vice Chairman during the first Straits Forum in May 2009 held in Xiamen , Fujian , Chu stressed the importance of mindset change in boosting economic development across the strait , choose common development and jointly create a mutual benefit situation for both sides . ROC Vice Premiership . Vice Premier appointment . Chu was tapped by President Ma Ying-jeou to be the Vice Premier to Wu Den-yih on 7 September 2009 , in a reshuffling of the Executive Yuan due to the slow disaster response to Typhoon Morakot . Chus position as Magistrate of Taoyuan County was succeeded by Deputy Magistrate Huang Min-kon . At the age of 48 , Chu was the youngest Vice Premier in ROC history . Vice Premier resignation . On 13 May 2010 , Chu submitted his resignation to Premier Wu to run for mayor of the newly created New Taipei City , the successor of Taipei County . Financial Supervisory Commission chairperson Sean Chen was tapped to succeed Chu as deputy premier . New Taipei City Mayoralty . 2010 New Taipei City mayoralty election . In May 2010 before the New Taipei City Mayor election , Chu outlined his vision for the city . Noting the gap between New Taipei and Taipei , Chu promised to transform New Taipei if he was elected , where completing the mass rapid transit network in New Taipei will be his top priority . Chu defeated DPP Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen on 27 November 2010 , to become the first mayor of New Taipei on 25 December 2010 . He named Hou You-yi , Hsu Chih-chien , and Lee Shih-chuan deputy mayors of the city . Hou and Chen Shen-hsien shared the deputy mayoral post soon after Lee was named Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan on 25 February 2014 and Hsu had stepped down on 30 June 2014 due to health concerns . Wikileaks . The content of some of Chus conversations with Stephen Young of the American Institute in Taiwan was included in US diplomatic cables that were released by WikiLeaks in 2011 . Chu claims that those cables do not accurately reflect the content of his conversations with Young . Taiwanese fisherman shooting incident . The Guang Da Xing No . 28 was fishing in disputed water in the South China Sea on 9 May 2013 when the Philippine Coast Guard opened fire on the Taiwanese fishing boat . Chu condemned the shooting and said that he would suspend all of the exchanges between New Taipei City and the Philippines until the Philippine government apologized for the incident , compensated the victims family and persecuted the perpetrators . 2014 New Taipei City mayoralty election . On 29 November 2014 , Chu won the New Taipei City mayoralty election , defeating his opponent Yu Shyi-kun of the Democratic Progressive Party . He had been expected to win a landslide victory , but he won by slightly more than 1% of the vote total . His second mayoral term started on 25 December 2014 . Kuomintang Chairmanship . Election . On 17 January 2015 , Chu ran unopposed in the KMT chairmanship election . He was the only candidate to have registered and paid the NT$2 million registration fee . He succeeded Ma Ying-jeou , who had resigned on 3 December 2014 to take responsibility for KMT losses in the ROC local election on 29 November 2014 . Cross-strait relations . Prior to the election , Chu said he had not yet decided on meeting with Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping after being elected as KMT chairman . Furthermore , he said that Cross-strait relations must stick to the current peaceful , open and mutually beneficial path , no matter which party is in power...but the economic benefits brought about by cross-strait development must not only go to a few vested groups... ( and ) We will pay special attention to an equitable distribution of wealth . On 4 May 2015 , Chu met with General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping in Beijing . KMT Party Assets . Chu also acknowledged that the KMT has accumulated much of its wealth illegally , and that these assets should be returned to the nation . In 2000 Chu claimed that these assets total US$3.15 billion ; they include 146 plots of land , many in prime locations , as well as 157 houses and buildings . the majority of which were seized from Japanese and Taiwanese in 1945 and subsequently treated as belonging to the party , not the nation . After Chu announced his candidacy for KMT Chairmanship , however , he claimed not to know what assets are held or what their value might be . 2016 Republic of China presidential election . KMT candidate nomination . Though Chu had repeatedly refused to run in the 2016 presidential election , he was chosen to be the preferred candidate over the incumbent Hung Hsiu-chu in a KMT congress held at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall on 17 October 2015 . KMT members in attendance overwhelmingly voted 812 of 891 to replace Hung over Chu . In a post-election speech , Chu apologized to Hung for her dismissal , but continued by saying the KMT has reached a crucial point where it needs to adjust its pace and start anew . He also apologized to New Taipei residents for breaking his promise to serve the city mayor until his term ends . The partys decision to replace Hung had been made prior to the meeting , and Chu had apologized to Hung multiple times for the way the party had treated her . Presidential campaign . On 19 October 2015 , Chu announced his intention to temporarily leave mayoral duties to Deputy Mayor Hou You-yi starting the next day . Chu planned to take three months of leave , to focus on his presidential campaign . The monthly salary of NT$190,500 Chu would have collected during this time was to be donated to the New Taipei City treasury . Election result . Chu suffered enormous defeat in the 2016 presidential election , losing 18 of 23 counties . He resigned the KMT chairmanship , and returned to the New Taipei City mayorship on 18 January 2016 . Family assets . According to a Control Yuan report issued in 2014 , the four members of Chus immediate family have combined savings of $23.5 million New Taiwan dollars . Chu also has securities and 11 plots of land in Taipei , Taoyuan City and Tainan ; furthermore , he has three homes in Taipeis Shilin District and Neihu District that are worth more than $100 million New Taiwan dollars . This same report reveals that from 2012 to 2014 , while serving as New Taipei City mayor , his assets grew by NT$7.5 million ( $251,200 United States dollars ) . External links . - New Taipei Mayor – New Taipei Government Portal