Lai Ching‑te

Willam Lai Ching‑te (born 6 October 1959), is a Taiwanese politician who is the President of Taiwan since January 2024. Lai has been the Vice President of Taiwan since 2020. He was a legislator in the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2010, and as Mayor of Tainan from 2010 to 2017, before taking office as Premier of Taiwan.

On 24 November 2018, he announced his intention to resign from the premiership after the Democratic Progressive Party suffered a major defeat in local elections, and left office on 14 January 2019.

Lai was a successfull candidate for Vice President of Taiwan and the running mate of President Tsai Ing-wen in the 2020 Taiwan presidential election.

Lai was the successful Democratic Progressive Party nominee for President of Taiwan in the 2024 election, winning the election on 13 January 2024.

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