Eric Chu

Eric Li-luan Chu (; born on 7 June 1961) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the Mayor of New Taipei.

Before becoming mayor, he was the Vice Premier of the Republic of China, under Premier Wu Den-yih. He was elected as the first mayor of the newly created city of New Taipei on 27 November 2010. On 17 January 2015, he was elected unopposed as Chairman of the Kuomintang, replacing 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 lost to Tsai Ing-wen, and resigned his post as KMT chairman.http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201601160025.aspx

On 25 December 2019, Chu announced his plans to run for President again in the upcoming 2020 Taiwan presidential election.朱立倫卸新北市長 宣布投入2020總統選舉，中央社，2018-12-25

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