Wu Mei-ju | |
Order: | 7th |
Office: | First Lady of Taiwan |
Status: | Incumbent |
Term Label: | Assumed role |
Term Start: | 20 May 2024 |
President: | Lai Ching-te |
Predecessor: | Christine Chow (2016) |
Office2: | 11th Second Lady of Taiwan |
Term Label2: | In role |
Term Start2: | 20 May 2020 |
Term End2: | 20 May 2024 |
Vicepresident2: | Lai Ching-te |
Predecessor2: | Lo Feng-ping |
Successor2: | Vacant |
Office3: | Spouse of the Premier of Taiwan |
Term Label3: | In role |
Term3: | 8 September 2017 – 14 January 2019 |
Premier3: | Lai Ching-te |
Predecessor3: | Wu Pei-ling |
Successor3: | Chan Hsiu-ling |
Office4: | First Lady of Tainan |
Term Label4: | In role |
1Blankname4: | Mayor |
1Namedata4: | Lai Ching-te |
Term Start4: | 25 December 2010 |
Term End4: | 7 September 2017 |
Predecessor4: | Hung Shu-chen |
Successor4: | Wu Mei-xiu (Acting) |
Alma Mater: | Tamkang University |
Children: | 2 |
Nationality: | Taiwanese |
Wu Mei-ju (born 1964) is the current First Lady of Taiwan. She is the wife of the current president, Lai Ching-te.
Wu Mei-ju and Lai Ching-te met when they accompanied their relatives and friends in the joint high school entrance examination, and got married while Lai was studying in the Department of Post-Medical Science of National Cheng Kung University. The couple has two sons.[1]
She once worked for the Taiwan Power Company. After her husband was elected Mayor of Tainan City, in order to avoid a potential conflict of interest, she was transferred from the position of Tainan Business Division Director of Taiwan Electric Power Company to Kaohsiung's Hsinta Power Plant to take an administrative position.[2]