Notable Alumni of National Taiwan University [Sorted List]

1. Chen Chi-chung

1966-. (aged 60)

politician agricultural economist

Chen Chi-chung is a Taiwanese economist. He was the Minister of Agriculture from August 2023 to September 2023. He was previously the Minister of the Council of Agriculture between 14 January 2019 to 31 July 2023.

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2. Chiou I-jen

1950-. (aged 76)

politician

Chiou I-jen is a Taiwanese politician who was the vice premier of Taiwan between 17 May 2007 and 6 May 2008.

3. R. C. T. Lee

1938-. (aged 88)

computer scientist engineer

Lee Chia-Tung, also known by his English name Richard C. T. Lee, is a Taiwanese electrical engineer.

4. Jiang Yi-huah

1960-. (aged 66)

university teacher politician

Jiang Yi-huah is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician who served as the premier of the Republic of China from 2013 to 2014.

5. Lee Si-Chen

1952-. (aged 74)

engineer researcher

Lee Si-chen, is a Taiwanese electrical engineer and academic specializing in semiconductor and amorphous silicon research. From 2005 to 2013, he was the president of National Taiwan University, where he has been a professor of electrical engineering since 1982.

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6. Chiu Tai-san

1956-. (aged 70)

lawyer politician

Chiu Tai-san is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2004. He then served as the vice minister of the Mainland Affairs Council, and later as deputy mayor of Kaohsiung City under Chen Chu. After leaving politics for a teaching position, Chiu was named the deputy mayor of Taoyuan City under...

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7. Sondhi Limthongkul

1947-. (aged 79)

journalist television presenter columnist writer media proprietor

Sondhi Limthongkul is a Thai media proprietor, conspiracy theorist, pro-Beijing anti-democracy reactionary activist, demagogue, and leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD). In 2009, he was elected leader of the New Politics Party (NPP).

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8. Huang Hsin-chieh

1938-1999 (aged 61)

politician

Huang Hsin-chieh was a Taiwanese politician, Taipei city council member, National Assembly representative, Legislative Yuan legislator, publisher of Formosa Magazine and Taiwan Political Theory magazine (台灣政論), senior Dangwai Leader, third chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), and senior adviser to the president of the Republic of China. He was born on August 20, 1928, during the period when Taiwan...

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9. Yang Chiu-hsing

1956-. (aged 70)

politician

Yang Chiu-hsing is a Taiwanese politician. He was a Minister without Portfolio in the Executive Yuan and Magistrate of Kaohsiung County.

10. Liu Shih-fang

1959-. (aged 67)

politician

Liu Shyh-fang is a Taiwanese politician who currently serves as the Minister of the Interior since 2024.

11. Su Huan-chih

1956-. (aged 70)

lawyer politician

Su Huan-chih is a Taiwanese politician who was the magistrate of Tainan County from 2001 to 2010, until Tainan County's merger into Tainan City. Born in a rural township in southern Taiwan, Su graduated from National Taiwan University. He passed the bar examination in 1986 and started his career as a lawyer.

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12. David Lee

1931-. (aged 95)

physicist university teacher

Lee Ta-wei, also known by his English name David Lee, is a Taiwanese politician and diplomat who is the chairman of Straits Exchange Foundation May to August 2020 and from January 2023 to May 2024. He formerly served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from May 2016 to February 2018, Secretary-General of the National Security Council of Taiwan from February...

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13. Hung Sun-han

1984-. (aged 42)

politician

Hung Sun-han is a Taiwanese politician.

14. Su Chiao-hui

1976-. (aged 50)

lawyer politician

Su Chiao-hui is a Taiwanese lawyer, legal scholar, and politician who is currently a member of the Legislative Yuan.

15. Kuan Bi-ling

1956-. (aged 70)

university teacher politician

Kuan Bi-ling is a Taiwanese political scientist, lawyer, and politician who is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party. She is the incumbent Minister of Ocean Affairs Council, having assumed office under the Chen Chien-jen cabinet in 2023. She previously served as a member of the Legislative Yuan between 2005 and 2023, winning three consecutive elections, including the highly competitive...

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16. Mark Chen

1935-. (aged 91)

diplomat politician

Chen Tan-sun, also known by his English name Mark Chen, is a Taiwanese politician and atmospheric scientist who served as Secretary-General of the Office of the President of Taiwan under former President Chen Shui-bian. He was also previously Foreign Minister of the ROC from 2004 to 2006 (the first Democratic Progressive Party member to occupy the position). Before returning to...

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17. Pan Men-an

1963-. (aged 63)

politician

Pan Men-an is a Taiwanese politician. He was the magistrate of Pingtung County from 25 December 2014 to 25 December 2022. He joined the campaign team of the 2024 presidential candidate of Democratic Progressive Party, and assumed the role as the Secretary-General to the President in May 2023.

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18. Wu Pei-yi

1987-. (aged 39)

statesperson

Wu Pei-yi is a Taiwanese politician. She served on the Taipei City Council from 2018 to 2024, when she was elected to the Legislative Yuan.

19. Hsu Yung-ming

1966-. (aged 60)

politician political scientist

Hsu Yung-ming is a Taiwanese political scientist, pollster, and politician. He represented the New Power Party within the Legislative Yuan from 2016 to 2020. In August 2019, he began serving as NPP chairman. Following his removal from the post in August 2020, Hsu withdrew from the party.

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20. Chen Ming-tong

1955-. (aged 71)

university teacher political scientist politician

Chen Ming-tong is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician who served as the director-general of the National Security Bureau from 2021 to 2023 and the minister of the Mainland Affairs Council from 2018 to 2021 and 2007 to 2008.

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21. Lin Yang-kang

1927-2013 (aged 86)

politician

Lin Yang-kang was a Taiwanese politician. He was born at Sun Moon Lake during the Japanese rule of Taiwan. Some thought he might be Chiang Ching-kuo's successor as head of the Kuomintang (KMT), but after failing to win the KMT's nomination for president in 1996, he became an independent. Lin rejoined the party in 2005, and died in 2013.

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22. Luo Ying-shay

1951-2021 (aged 70)

lawyer politician

Luo Ying-shay was a Taiwanese politician who served as the Minister of Justice from 30 September 2013 until 20 May 2016.

23. Shen Hsin-ling

1989-. (aged 37)

social activist

Dr. Shen Hsin-Ling, Shen Hsin-Ling is a charity activist from Taiwan known for her work in setting up websites to help farmers to sell their products and free educational websites for students. Shen received the Presidential Education Award in Taiwan in July 2011 and she was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young People in October 2010. She received the...

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24. Lee Ying-yuan

1953-2021 (aged 68)

general secretary politician

Lee Ying-yuan was a Taiwanese health economist and politician. He was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1995 and stepped down in 2000. In 2005, Lee was appointed the Minister of Council of Labor Affairs, which he led until 2007. Lee has also served as Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan and the Democratic Progressive Party, and was reelected to the...

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25. Joanna Lei

1958-. (aged 68)

politician

Chien Joanna Lei is a Taiwanese politician and communicologist who served as a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2008.

26. Chou Chun-mi

1966-. (aged 60)

lawyer judge politician

Chou Chun-mi is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer who is currently Magistrate of Pingtung County, serving since 2022. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), she served in the Legislative Yuan from 2016 until 2022.

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27. Chen Ding-nan

1943-2006 (aged 63)

environmentalist politician magistrate

Chen Ding-nan, sometimes transliterated Chen Ting-nan or referred to as David Chen, was a Taiwanese politician, lawyer, and environmentalist who served as Minister of Justice and was known as a leader of the country's anti-nuclear movement. Due to the 9–13 July 2002 state visit to the United States of America Chen became the first Taiwan government official since 1979 (when...

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28. Tuan Yi-kang

1963-. (aged 63)

politician

Tuan Yi-kang is a Taiwanese politician. A former leader of the Democratic Progressive Party's now-abolished New Tide faction, he has served on the party's Central Standing Committee, the Taipei City Council and the Legislative Yuan.

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29. Andrea Chen

1987-. (aged 39)

actor television actor model

Andrea Chen is a Taiwanese actress and model. She graduated from National Taiwan University.

30. Andrew Yao

1946-. (aged 80)

computer scientist university teacher

Andrew Chi-Chih Yao is a Chinese computer scientist, theoretical physicist, and computational theorist. He is currently a professor and the dean of Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences (IIIS) at Tsinghua University. Yao used the minimax theorem to prove what is now known as Yao's principle.

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31. Lin Yi-hsiung

1941-. (aged 85)

politician

Lin Yi-hsiung is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer. He was a major leader of the democratization movement in Taiwan. He was first exposed to politics in 1976 while serving as attorney for Kuo Yu-hsin (1908–1985) who sued the ruling Kuomintang for electoral fraud. Lin was elected a member of Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council in Kuo's old electorate in 1977.

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32. Huang Chieh

1993-. (aged 33)

politician reporter

Huang Jie is a Taiwanese politician and a former member of the New Power Party. She was elected to the Kaohsiung City Council in 2018, representing Fongshan District. Huang is known for questioning the policies of former Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu. In the 2024 Taiwanese legislative election, she was elected to the Legislative Yuan as a candidate of the Democratic...

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33. Chyi Yu

1957-. (aged 69)

recording artist singer

Chyi Yu or Qi Yu is a Taiwanese singer best known for her 1979 hit "The Olive Tree" (橄欖樹). She won the 9th Golden Melody Award for Best Female Vocalist Mandarin. She is the elder sister of singer-songwriter Chyi Chin. She is a religious Buddhist and a vegetarian.

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34. Peng Ming-min

1923-2022 (aged 99)

politician

Peng Ming-min was a Taiwanese democracy activist, advocate of Taiwan independence, legal scholar, and politician. Arrested for sedition in 1964 for printing a manifesto advocating democracy in his native Taiwan, he escaped to Sweden, before taking a post as a university teacher in the United States. After 22 years in exile he returned to become the Democratic Progressive Party's first...

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35. Chi-Huey Wong

1948-. (aged 78)

biologist biochemist chemist university teacher

Chi-Huey Wong is a Taiwanese-American biochemist who is the Scripps Family Chair Professor at the Scripps Research Institute. He is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, and was awarded the 2014 Wolf Prize in Chemistry and the 2015 RSC Robert Robinson Award. Wong is also the holder of more than 100 patents and publisher of 700...

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36. Shen Fu-hsiung

1939-. (aged 87)

politician physician

Shen Fu-hsiung is a Taiwanese physician, nephrologist, and politician.

37. Wang Yi-chuan

1972-. (aged 54)

university teacher politician

Wang Yi-chuan, also known by his English name Ivan Wang, is a Taiwanese civil engineer, transportation engineer, and politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Yuan since December 2024.

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38. Wang Mei-hua

1958-. (aged 68)

politician

Wang Mei-hua is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer who served as the Minister of Economic Affairs of Taiwan from 2020 to 2024. Prior to her ministership, she also served as the deputy and vice minister of the ministry.

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39. Cheng Yun-peng

1973-. (aged 53)

businessperson politician

Cheng Yun-peng is a Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2008, and elected to the office between 2016 and 2024.

40. Hau Lung-pin

1952-. (aged 74)

politician

Hau Lung-pin is a Taiwanese chemist and politician. As a member of the New Party, he was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1995, and resigned his seat to lead the Environmental Protection Administration in 2001. Hau stepped down from the EPA in 2003 and served as Mayor of Taipei from 2006 to 2014. He joined the Kuomintang (KMT) in...

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41. Koo Kwang-ming

1926-2023 (aged 97)

politician

Koo Kwang-ming was a Taiwanese businessman and independence activist.

42. Claire Wang

1979-. (aged 47)

politician

Wang Wan-yu, also known by her English name Claire Wang, is a Taiwanese politician. Following the murder of her daughter in March 2016, Wang was named to the Presidential Office Organizing Committee for National Conferences on Judicial Reforms. She subsequently joined the New Power Party and won a seat on the Legislative Yuan in 2020. Currently, she serves as NPP...

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43. Wellington Koo

1958-. (aged 68)

lawyer politician

Koo Li-hsiung, also known by his English name Wellington Koo, is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician. During his legal career, Koo represented several politicians. His own political career began with a term on the National Assembly, followed by an unsuccessful campaign for the Taipei mayoralty in 2013. In 2016, he was elected a legislator at large representing the Democratic Progressive...

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44. Puma Shen

1982-. (aged 44)

writer social activist university teacher politician

Shen Pao-yang, also known by his English name Puma Shen, is a Taiwanese criminologist, lawyer, and politician. As a member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), he was elected to the Legislative Yuan and became a member on 1 February 2024. His areas of focus include human rights, criminal policy, youth issues, and information warfare.

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45. Huang Wei-che

1963-. (aged 63)

politician

Huang Wei-che is a Taiwanese politician and medical researcher. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2018. Huang is the incumbent Mayor of Tainan since 25 December 2018 after winning the title during the 2018 local elections on 24 November 2018.

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46. Monster

1976-. (aged 50)

singer musician

Wen Shang-yi, known by his stage name Monster, is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and musician. He is of the two guitarists and leader of the Taiwanese rock band, Mayday.

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47. Yu Kwang-chung

1928-2017 (aged 89)

poet writer

Yu Kwang-chung, also romanised as Yu Guangzhong, was a Taiwanese writer, poet, educator and critic.

48. Chiu Yi

1956-. (aged 70)

politician economist

Chiu Yi is a Taiwanese economist and politician. He is a former member of the Kuomintang and People First Party, and a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2012. He was known for his pro-CCP unification views. He has also been a member of the New Party.

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49. Yuan T. Lee

1936-. (aged 90)

university teacher Nobel Prize winner chemist

Yuan Tseh Lee is a Taiwanese physical chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1986 for his contributions to the development of reaction dynamics.

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50. Lin Ying-meng

1983-. (aged 43)

politician

Lin Ying-meng is a Taiwanese politician. She has served since 2018 as a councillor of the Taipei City Council, where she represents Taipei City District 6. She is one of the first openly LGBT people in Taiwanese history to have been voted into local legislatures.

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51. Chiang Hsiao-yung

1948-1996 (aged 48)

politician

Chiang Hsiao-yung was a politician of the Republic of China.

52. Lin Fei-fan

1988-. (aged 38)

social activist LGBTQ rights activist

Lin Fei-fan is a Taiwanese politician and activist currently serving as deputy secretary-general of Taiwan's National Security Council. Lin was one of the leaders of the Sunflower Student Movement. He joined the Democratic Progressive Party as deputy secretary-general in 2019.

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53. Jess Lee

1988-. (aged 38)

singer

Jess Lee Kar Wei is a Malaysian Chinese female singer. In 2010, she participated in the seventh One Million Star hosted by Taiwan Central Television. On January 30, 2011, she became the first Malaysian winner of Chinese Million Star. At the same time, she achieved the most perfect scores in the history of the program and four consecutive perfect scores....

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54. Bowie Tsang

1973-. (aged 53)

singer television actor writer actor film actor

Bowie Tsang Po Yee is a Hong Kong-Taiwanese television host, singer, actress, and writer. She is the daughter of Eric Tsang.

55. Annette Lu

1944-. (aged 82)

women's rights activist lawyer politician

Lu Hsiu-lien, also known by her English name Annette, is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer. A feminist active in the Tangwai movement, she joined the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in 1990 and was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1992. Subsequently, she served as Taoyuan County Magistrate between 1997 and 2000, and was vice president of the Republic of China...

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56. Shih Ming-teh

1941-2024 (aged 83)

human rights defender social activist politician

Shih Ming-teh, commonly known as Nori Shih, was a Taiwanese politician and human rights activist. He was once a political prisoner for 25-and-a-half years.

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57. Lin Ching-yi

1974-. (aged 52)

physician politician obstetrician-gynecologist

Lin Ching-yi is a Taiwanese health economist, obstetrician, gynaecologist, and politician who currently serves as deputy health and welfare minister. She was first elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2016 then re-elected in 2022 by by-election.

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58. Julian Kuo

1961-. (aged 65)

politician

Kuo Jeng-liang, also known by his English name Julian Kuo, is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician who first served in the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2008 and was reappointed to the office from 2016 to 2020.

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59. Cheng Nan-jung

1947-1989 (aged 42)

journalist

Cheng Nan-jung was a Taiwanese publisher and pro-democracy activist. He was the founder of the Freedom Era Weekly. He is most known internationally for setting himself on fire in support of freedom of speech.

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60. Lin Chia-lung

1964-. (aged 62)

politician

Lin Chia-lung is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2024. He previously served as the Secretary General to the President from 2023 to 2024.

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61. Pai Hsien-yung

1937-. (aged 89)

writer

Kenneth Hsien-yung Pai is a Taiwanese writer who has been described as a "melancholy pioneer". He was born in Guilin, Guangxi at the cusp of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Pai's father was the Kuomintang (KMT) general Bai Chongxi (Pai Chung-hsi), whom he later described as a "stern, Confucian father" with "some soft spots in his heart." Pai was diagnosed with...

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62. Cheng Li-wun

1969-. (aged 57)

politician

Cheng Li-wun is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer. A member of the Kuomintang (KMT), she has been the party's chairperson since November 2025.

63. Simon Chang

1954-. (aged 72)

university teacher politician

Chang San-cheng, also known by his English name Simon Chang, is a Taiwanese civil engineer, academic, and politician who has served as the mayor of Taoyuan City since 2022. He previously served as premier of Taiwan from 1 February 2016 to 20 May 2016 after being appointed by President Ma Ying-jeou. Before assuming the premiership, he had served as vice...

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64. Lin Chih-chien

1975-. (aged 51)

politician

Lin Chih-chien is a Taiwanese politician. He was the mayor of Hsinchu City from 25 December 2014 to 8 July 2022.

65. Lien Chan

1936-. (aged 90)

diplomat politician university teacher

Lien Chan is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician. A member of the Kuomintang (KMT), he nominally governed Taiwan as the head of the Taiwan Provincial Government from 1990 to 1993 and served as Premier of the Republic of China from 1993 to 1997, Vice President of the Republic of China from 1996 to 2000, and Chairman of the Kuomintang...

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66. Cheng Wen-tsan

1967-. (aged 59)

politician

Cheng Wen-tsan is a Taiwanese politician who has served as the vice premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2023 to 2024 and chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation briefly in 2024. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), he was the first mayor of the newly established Taoyuan special municipality, serving from 2014 to 2022.

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67. Miao Poya

1987-. (aged 39)

politician

Miao Poya is a Taiwanese politician and activist for humanitarianism, anti-death penalty, social feminism, LGBT rights and Taiwanese independence, also known for being one of Taiwan's first-ever openly lesbian council members. She was elected as councillor representing Taipei City District 6 during the 2018 local elections.

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68. Chen Chien-jen

1951-. (aged 75)

university teacher epidemiologist politician

Chen Chien-jen OS KSG KHS is a Taiwanese epidemiologist, geneticist, and politician who served as Vice President of the Republic of China from 2016 to 2020 and Premier of the Republic of China from 2023 to 2024.

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69. Alec Su

1973-. (aged 53)

film actor film director television actor singer actor

Alec Su You-peng is a Taiwanese actor and singer.

70. Li Ao

1935-2018 (aged 83)

historian writer politician

Li Ao, also spelled Lee Ao, was a Taiwanese writer, politician, and public intellectual. He wrote more than 100 books, primarily on historical and political topics, and developed a reputation as a confrontational political firebrand.

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71. Wakin Chau

1959-. (aged 67)

actor screenwriter singer-songwriter songwriter recording artist

Wakin Chau, better known by his stage name Emil Chau during the 1980s and 1990s, is a Hong Kong-born Taiwanese singer and actor, popular throughout Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Mainland China, and parts of Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam). As of 2007, he has released more than 40 albums.

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72. William Wei

1987-. (aged 39)

film actor singer songwriter

Wei Li-an, known professionally as WeiBird, is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter. He has released six studio albums, one live album and two extended plays. Wei won the Golden Melody Award for Best New Singer in 2011 and Best Composer in 2015.

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73. Vivian Huang

1969-. (aged 57)

lawyer politician

Huang Shan-shan, also known by her English name Vivian Huang, is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer currently affiliated with the Taiwan People's Party.

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74. Su Tseng-chang

1947-. (aged 79)

lawyer politician

Su Tseng-chang is a Taiwanese politician who served as premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2019 to 2023. He was the chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party in 2005 and from 2012 to 2014. Su served as Chief of Staff to President Chen Shui-bian in 2004. He is currently the longest-serving Democratic...

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75. Eric Chu

1961-. (aged 65)

academic politician

Eric Li-luan Chu is a Taiwanese politician, statistician, and academic who served as the chairman of the Kuomintang from 2015 to 2016 and from 2021 to 2025.

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76. Jaw Shaw-kong

1950-. (aged 76)

television presenter politician pundit media proprietor radio personality

Jaw Shaw-kong is a Taiwanese politician, media personality and entrepreneur.

77. Ko Wen-je

1959-. (aged 67)

physician politician surgeon

Ko Wen-je, also known by his nickname, Ko P, is a Taiwanese politician, physician, and transplant surgeon who served as the 13th mayor of Taipei from 2014 to 2022. He founded the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) in 2019 and was the party's first chairman until 2025.

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78. Ma Ying-jeou

1950-. (aged 76)

politician lawyer jurist interpreter spy

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 (KMT), he was previously the mayor of Taipei from 1998 to 2006 and the chairman of the Kuomintang for two terms (2005–2007; 2009–2014).

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79. Chen Shui-bian

1950-. (aged 76)

lawyer writer politician

Chen Shui-bian is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer who served as the fifth president of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008. Chen was the first president from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), ending the Kuomintang's (KMT) 55 years of continuous rule in Taiwan. He is sometimes referred to by the nickname A-Bian (阿扁).

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80. Kao Chia-yu

1980-. (aged 46)

politician

Kao Chia-yu is a Taiwanese politician and a member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). She was elected to the National Assembly in 2005. Upon assuming office, she became the youngest person to ever be seated in that legislative body. Between 2010 and 2020, Kao was a Taipei City Councillor. She was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2020.

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81. Chen Chi-mai

1964-. (aged 62)

university teacher physician politician

Chen Chi-mai, also known as Comay Chen, is a Taiwanese politician and physician who has served as the mayor of Kaohsiung since 2020. He has served as the spokesperson of the Democratic Progressive Party and the chief executive officer of its Policy Research and Coordinating Committee. A physician from Keelung, Chen started his political career by becoming member of the...

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82. Lai Ching-te

1959-. (aged 67)

politician physician

Lai Ching-te, also known as William Lai, is a Taiwanese politician, physician, and nephrologist who has served as the eighth president of the Republic of China since 2024. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), he has been the party's chairman since 2023.

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83. Yaung Chih-liang

1946-. (aged 80)

writer television actor university teacher politician

Yaung Chih-liang is a Taiwanese physician and public health specialist. He was the Minister of the Department of Health of the Executive Yuan from 2009 to 2011.

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84. Ye Yuan-chih

1974-. (aged 52)

pundit Member of the Legislative Yuan politician

Yeh Yuan-chih is a Taiwanese politician and educator who serves as a Member of the Legislative Yuan. He was previously a member of New Taipei City Council and has been a lecturer at the Taipei National University of the Arts.

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85. Ann Kao

1984-. (aged 42)

politician

Kao Hung-an, also known by her English name Ann, is a Taiwanese business executive, engineer, and politician. She worked for Foxconn until 2020, when she was elected to the Legislative Yuan as a member of the Taiwan People's Party (TPP). Partway through her legislative term, Kao was elected Mayor of Hsinchu during the 2022 local election cycle. On 26 July...

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86. Wu Den-yih

1948-. (aged 78)

historian politician

Wu Den-yih is a Taiwanese politician. He graduated from National Taiwan University and worked as a journalist before beginning a career in politics with a 1973 appointment to the Taipei City Council. Wu was then elected Magistrate of Nantou County, serving from 1981 to 1989. Following two terms as magistrate, he was named Mayor of Kaohsiung in 1990. Wu remained...

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87. Lin Yu-chang

1971-. (aged 55)

politician

Lin Yu-chang is a Taiwanese politician who served as the Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party from June 2024 until his resignation in July 2025. Previously, he served as the Minister of the Interior from January 2023 to May 2024, Mayor of Keelung City from December 2014 to December 2022, and he also shortly served as the acting Chairman of...

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88. Samuel Yin

1950-. (aged 76)

businessperson engineer

Yin Yen-Liang, also known by his English name Samuel Yin, is a Taiwanese billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is best known for the establishment of the Tang Prize, and as chairman of the Ruentex Financial Group. He is also the president of the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University.

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89. Rosalia Wu

1974-. (aged 52)

politician

Wu Szu-yao, also known by her English name Rosalia Wu, is a Taiwanese politician. Elected to the Taipei City Council in 2006, she served until 2016, when she won election to the Legislative Yuan.

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90. Hung Mong-kai

1983-. (aged 43)

politician

Hung Mong-kai is a Taiwanese politician who sits in the Legislative Yuan, representing the New Taipei City Constituency I.

91. Tu Tsung-ming

1893-1986 (aged 93)

pharmacologist university teacher

Tu Tsung-ming was a Taiwanese pharmacologist and educator who was the first Taiwanese person to earn a Doctor of Medical Sciences (equivalent to Ph.D.).

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92. Frank Hsieh

1946-. (aged 80)

politician

Frank Hsieh Chang-ting is a Taiwanese politician and former defense attorney who served as Ambassador of Taiwan to Japan from 2016 to 2024. A cofounder of the Democratic Progressive Party, he has served on the Taipei City Council, the Legislative Yuan, as the mayor of Kaohsiung City, and as the Premier of Taiwan (President of the Executive Yuan) under president...

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93. Lee Teng-hui

1923-2020 (aged 97)

agricultural economist politician

Lee Teng-hui was a Taiwanese statesman, economist, and agronomist who served as the president of the Republic of China and chairman of the Kuomintang from 1988 to 2000. He was the first president to be born in Taiwan, the last to be indirectly elected, and the first to be directly elected.

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94. Huang Kuo-chang

1973-. (aged 53)

researcher legal scholar lawyer politician

Huang Kuo-chang is a Taiwanese legal scholar and politician. A member of the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), he has led the party's caucus in the Legislative Yuan since 2024, after being elected from its party list. He has served as the TPP’s chairman since 2025.

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95. Koichi Kato

1939-2016 (aged 77)

politician

Koichi Kato is a Japanese politician from Tokyo and a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Chiyoda, Tokyo and graduate of Sophia University, he worked at Recruit from 1988 to 1996. Kato was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 and served until 2012.

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96. Chen Yu-jen

1973-. (aged 53)

politician

Chen Yu-jen, also known as Jessica Chen, is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer who serves as a Member of the Legislative Yuan. She was previously a member of the Kinmen County Council.

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97. Justin Yifu Lin

1952-. (aged 74)

economist

Justin Yifu Lin is a Chinese economist and professor of economics at Peking University. He served as the chief economist of the World Bank from 2008 to 2012, and was also the World Bank's senior vice president during that time. He has served as a State Council Counsellor of China since September 2013.

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98. Tsai Ing-wen

1956-. (aged 70)

jurist lawyer university teacher politician

Tsai Ing-wen is a Taiwanese politician and legal scholar who served as the seventh president of the Republic of China from 2016 to 2024. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), she intermittently served as chair of the DPP from 2008 to 2012, 2014 to 2018, and 2020 to 2022. She was the first woman to hold the presidency...

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99. Ju Gau-jeng

1954-2021 (aged 67)

politician

Ju Gau-jeng was a Taiwanese lawyer and politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 1987 to 1999. He was known for his combative personality, and helped found two political parties.

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100. Cheng Li-chiun

1969-. (aged 57)

university teacher politician

Cheng Li-chiun is a Taiwanese politician who has served as the vice premier of the Republic of China since 2024. Before her vice premiership, she served as the minister of Culture from 2016 to 2020.

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