Wu Mei-ju explained

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.

Biography

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: 賴清德偕校花妻子就職 倆人陪考相識步入婚姻. Newtalk新聞. 葉宜哲. 2020-05-20. 2023-11-05. 2023-11-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20231105210201/https://newtalk.tw/news/view/amp/2020-05-20/409192. live.
  2. News: 賴清德北上接閣揆 妻子吳玫如照常低調上班. 自由時報. 2017-09-05. 2023-11-05. 2023-11-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20231105210201/https://news.ltn.com.tw/amp/news/Kaohsiung/breakingnews/2184248. live.