Ma Ying-jeou
Ma Ying-jeou Traditional Chinese 馬英九 Simplified Chinese 马英九 Transcriptions Hakka Romanization Mâ Yîn-kiú Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Mǎ Yīngjiǔ Tongyong Pinyin Ma Yingjiou IPA [mɑ  i ŋtɕjo ʊ] Bopomofo ㄇㄚˇㄧㄥㄐㄧㄡˇ Min Hokkien POJ Má Eng-kiú Wu Romanization mo2 in1cieu2 Cantonese Jyutping maa5 jing1gau2 This article contains Chinese text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Chinese characters. Ma Ying-jeou (Chinese: 馬英九; pinyin: Mǎ Yīngjiǔ, Mandarin pronunciation: [mɑ íŋtɕjòʊ]; born 13 July 1950) is a Taiwanese politician and the current President of the Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan). Previous roles include Justice Minister (1993–96) and Mayor of Taipei (1998–2006). He was also the Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) in 2005–2007 and 2009–2014. Ma first won the presidency by 58.45% of the popular vote in the presidential election of 2008, and was re-elected in 2012 with 51.6% of the vote. He was sworn into office as president on 20 May 2008, and sworn in as the Chairman of the Kuomintang on 17 October 2009; he resigned as Chairman of Kuomintang on 3 December 2014.