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Eric Chu

Eric Li-luan Chu (; born on 7 June 1961) is a Taiwanese politician, statistician, and academic who has served as the chairman of the Kuomintang since 2021.

Chu was born to a political family in Taoyuan and graduated from National Taiwan University. After earning his doctorate from New York University in 1991, he began an academic career as an accounting professor and entered politics as a member of the Legislative Yuan in 1999. He was the magistrate of Taoyuan County from 2001 to 2009. From 2009 to 2010, he served as the vice premier of the Republic of China under Wu Den-yih, then was elected as the first mayor of New Taipei in 2010.

On 17 January 2015, he was elected unopposed as the chairman of the Kuomintang, succeeding Ma Ying-jeou. On 17 October 2015, he was chosen as KMT candidate for the 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. As a result of the 2021 Kuomintang chairmanship election, he returned to his former post as chairman of the party. Provided by Wikipedia