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Ko Wen-je

1960 - Today

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Ko Wen-je (Chinese: 柯文哲; born 6 August 1959), also known by his nickname, Ko P, is a Taiwanese politician and physician who served as the mayor of Taipei from 2014 to 2022. He founded the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) in 2019 and served as its first chairman until 2025. Before entering politics, Ko was a surgeon at National Taiwan University Hospital and a professor at National Taiwan University College of Medicine. He played leading roles in standardizing organ transplant procedures in Taiwan and introducing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) technology to Taiwan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ko Wen-je has received more than 682,077 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Ko Wen-je is the 11,995th most popular politician, the 20th most popular biography from Taiwan and the 9th most popular Taiwanese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 680k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ko Wen-je ranks 11,995 out of 19,576. Before him are Anton von Schmerling, Philip Simonsson, Marcus Valerius Messalla Appianus, Erich Leinsdorf, Gérard Collomb, and Cristoforo Madruzzo. After him are Max van der Stoel, William Livingston, Cunobeline, Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Agesipolis II, and Zakaria Mohieddin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Ko Wen-je ranks 157. Before him are Yu Hua, Uwe Bein, Franz Welser-Möst, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, Reed Hastings, and Eric Betzig. After him are Buster Douglas, Igor Sechin, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Rimas Kurtinaitis, Ismail Sabri Yaakob, and Mart Laar.

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In Taiwan

Among people born in Taiwan, Ko Wen-je ranks 20 out of 116. Before him are Takeshi Kaneshiro (1973), Jensen Huang (1963), Brigitte Lin (1954), Su Tseng-chang (1947), Joan Lin (1953), and Hou Yu-ih (1956). After him are Annette Lu (1944), Steve Chen (1978), Cheng Yen (1937), Frank Hsieh (1946), Elaine Chao (1953), and Jay Chou (1979).

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Among POLITICIANS In Taiwan

Among politicians born in Taiwan, Ko Wen-je ranks 9. Before him are William Lai (1959), Chen Shui-bian (1950), Chen Chien-jen (1951), Zheng Keshuang (1670), Su Tseng-chang (1947), and Hou Yu-ih (1956). After him are Annette Lu (1944), Frank Hsieh (1946), Elaine Chao (1953), You Si-kun (1948), Wu Den-yih (1948), and Eric Chu (1961).

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