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Tsai Ing-wen

1956 - Today

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Tsai Ing-wen (Chinese: 蔡英文; pinyin: Cài Yīngwén; born 31 August 1956) is a Taiwanese politician and legal scholar who served as the 7th president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2016 to 2024. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), she intermittently served as chair of the DPP from 2008 to 2012, 2014 to 2018, and 2020 to 2022. Tsai was born in Taipei and earned bachelor's and master's degrees in law from National Taiwan University and Cornell University, respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tsai Ing-wen has received more than 5,437,237 page views. Her biography is available in 96 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 90 in 2019). Tsai Ing-wen is the 1,333rd most popular politician (up from 1,505th in 2019), the most popular biography from Taiwan and the most popular Taiwanese Politician.

Tsai Ing-wen is most famous for being the first female president of Taiwan.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 96

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tsai Ing-wen ranks 1,333 out of 19,576. Before her are Alexios V Doukas, Charles-Henri Sanson, Maymunah bint al-Harith, Carus, Leo VI the Wise, and Seongjong of Joseon. After her are Harald Bluetooth, Conrad IV of Germany, Lucullus, Æthelred the Unready, Pelagius of Asturias, and Briseis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Tsai Ing-wen ranks 10. Before her are Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Steve Ballmer, Lars von Trier, Christoph Waltz, Björn Borg, and Michel Houellebecq. After her are Christine Lagarde, Paolo Rossi, Bryan Cranston, Khaled Mashal, Theresa May, and Carrie Fisher.

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In Taiwan

Among people born in Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen ranks 1 out of 116. After her are Teresa Teng (1953), Lee Teng-hui (1923), Ang Lee (1954), Momofuku Ando (1910), William Lai (1959), Chen Shui-bian (1950), Yuan T. Lee (1936), Terry Gou (1950), Chen Chien-jen (1951), Teruo Nakamura (1919), and Shu Qi (1976).

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Among POLITICIANS In Taiwan

Among politicians born in Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen ranks 1. After her are Lee Teng-hui (1923), William Lai (1959), Chen Shui-bian (1950), Chen Chien-jen (1951), Zheng Keshuang (1670), Su Tseng-chang (1947), Hou Yu-ih (1956), Ko Wen-je (1960), Annette Lu (1944), Frank Hsieh (1946), and Elaine Chao (1953).

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