Presidential elections were held in Taiwan on 22 March 2008. Kuomintang nominee Ma Ying-jeou won with 58% of the vote, ending eight years of Democratic Progressive Party rule. Along with the 2008 legi
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Chen Shui-bian, the incumbent President of the Republic of China was ineligible to seek re-election after serving two consecutive terms.
Ma Ying-jeou, seen here greeting supporters during a visit to UC Berkeley, outlined his cross-strait policy during his March 2006 visit to the United States.
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Ma Ying-jeou is a Taiwanese politician, lawyer, and legal scholar who served as the sixth president of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016. A member of the Kuomintang, he was previously the mayor
2008 Taiwanese presidential election
…Presidential elections were held in Taiwan on 22 March 2008. Kuomintang (KMT) nominee Ma Ying-jeou won with 58% of the vote, ending eight years of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) rule. Along with the 2008 legislative election, Ma's landslide victory…
Ma with his parents and sisters, 1955
Ma in 1972, a law student at National Taiwan University
Ma studied at Harvard Law School (pictured in 2024), earning his doctorate in law in 1981 under professors Louis Sohn and Detlev Vagts.
Mayor Ma at the 2006 Taipei Marathon