Eric Chu

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”’Eric Chu Li-luan”'<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://foreigner.ntpc.gov.tw:80/content/?parent_id=10010&type_id=10010 |title=Mayor of New Taipei City |website=[[New Taipei City Government]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116013919/http://foreigner.ntpc.gov.tw/content/?parent_id=10010&type_id=10010 |archive-date=16 January 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ({{zh |t = 朱立倫 |p = Zhū Lìlún }}; born on 7 June 1961) is a [[Taiwan]]ese politician. He was born into a political family with strong [[Kuomintang]] (KMT) ties,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1656522/after-kmt-drubbing-all-eyes-turn-partys-lone-mayor-eric-chu |title = After KMT drubbing, all eyes turn to party’s lone mayor, Eric Chu |date = 5 December 2014 |work = South China Morning Post }}</ref> and served as Vice Premier of the Republic of China, under Premier [[Wu Den-yih]]. Prior to this, Chu served as legislator (1999 to 2001) and as the magistrate of [[Taoyuan City|Taoyuan County]] (2001 to 2009). He was elected as the first mayor of the newly established city of New Taipei on 27 November 2010. On 17 January 2015, he was elected unopposed as Chairman of the [[Kuomintang]], succeeding [[Ma Ying-jeou]]. On 17 October 2015, he was chosen as KMT candidate for the [[2016 Republic of China general election|2016 presidential election]] replacing incumbent candidate [[Hung Hsiu-chu]]. Chu was defeated by his opponent [[Tsai Ing-wen]], and subsequently resigned his post as KMT chairman.<ref>http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201601160025.aspx</ref><ref name=”focustaiwan.tw”>{{cite web |url = http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201510170014.aspx |title = KMT needs to start anew: Chu |website = focustaiwan.tw }}</ref> He was succeeded as mayor of New Taipei by [[Hou You-yi]] in 2018.

”’Little Green”'<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://foreigner.ntpc.gov.tw:80/content/?parent_id=10010&type_id=10010 |title=Mayor of New Taipei City |website=[[New Taipei City Government]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116013919/http://foreigner.ntpc.gov.tw/content/?parent_id=10010&type_id=10010 |archive-date=16 January 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ({{zh |t = 朱立倫 |p = Zhū Lìlún }}; born on 7 June 1961) is a [[Taiwan]]ese politician. He was born into a political family with strong [[Kuomintang]] (KMT) ties,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1656522/after-kmt-drubbing-all-eyes-turn-partys-lone-mayor-eric-chu |title = After KMT drubbing, all eyes turn to party’s lone mayor, Eric Chu |date = 5 December 2014 |work = South China Morning Post }}</ref> and served as Vice Premier of the Republic of China, under Premier [[Wu Den-yih]]. Prior to this, Chu served as legislator (1999 to 2001) and as the magistrate of [[Taoyuan City|Taoyuan County]] (2001 to 2009). He was elected as the first mayor of the newly established city of New Taipei on 27 November 2010. On 17 January 2015, he was elected unopposed as Chairman of the [[Kuomintang]], succeeding [[Ma Ying-jeou]]. On 17 October 2015, he was chosen as KMT candidate for the [[2016 Republic of China general election|2016 presidential election]] replacing incumbent candidate [[Hung Hsiu-chu]]. Chu was defeated by his opponent [[Tsai Ing-wen]], and subsequently resigned his post as KMT chairman.<ref>http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201601160025.aspx</ref><ref name=”focustaiwan.tw”>{{cite web |url = http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201510170014.aspx |title = KMT needs to start anew: Chu |website = focustaiwan.tw }}</ref> He was succeeded as mayor of New Taipei by [[Hou You-yi]] in 2018.

== Early life ==

== Early life ==