2022 visit by Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan
United States politician Nancy Pelosi, while serving as the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, visited Taiwan on August 2, 2022. A delegation of five Democratic Party members of the House accompanied Pelosi on the visit. The two-day trip to Taiwan was part of a tour of Asia that also included stops in Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, and Japan. President Joe Biden discouraged but did not prevent Pelosi from going; the White House later affirmed her right to visit the island country.
Nancy Pelosi and President Tsai Ing-wen hold a press conference in Taiwan's Presidential Office.
Nancy Pelosi's visit to the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
Nancy Pelosi's delegation meeting Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen and vice president Lai Ching-te at the Presidential Office Building with Sandra Oudkirk, Director of the American Institute in Taiwan.
Taiwan Statebuilding Party welcoming the delegation outside Grand Hyatt Taipei
Tsai Ing-wen is a Taiwanese politician who has been serving as the 7th president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2016. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Tsai is the first female president of Taiwan and the second to be born in Taiwan after the end of the Chinese Civil War in December 1949. She served as chair of the DPP from 2020 to 2022, as well as from 2014 to 2018, and from 2008 to 2012. Her second presidential term is due to expire on 20 May 2024, when she will be succeeded by Lai Ching-te.
Tsai as the leader of the DPP participated in a rally hosted by the DPP in 2008.
Tsai's campaign headquarters in 2016
President Tsai and Paraguay's President Horacio Cartes in Taiwan, 20 May 2016
President Tsai attends the 108 Anti-drug Responsible Persons Group in June 2019
