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William Lai

1959 - Today

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Lai Ching-te (Chinese: 賴清德; pinyin: Lài Qīngdé; born 6 October 1959), also known as William Lai, is a Taiwanese politician and former physician who is currently serving as the 8th president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since May 2024. He is the third member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to assume the office of president and the first whose predecessor was also a DPP member. He is also the third incumbent vice president to succeed to the presidency and the first to assume the office through election instead of immediate succession. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Lai has received more than 212,213 page views. Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). William Lai is the 3,970th most popular politician (up from 13,310th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Taiwan (up from 25th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Taiwanese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Lai ranks 3,970 out of 19,576. Before her are Luigi Facta, Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Kim Il, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, David Cameron, and Anita Garibaldi. After her are Fan Li, Oswald Pohl, Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Tecumseh, Xi Zhongxun, and Matthew Kantakouzenos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, William Lai ranks 31. Before her are Mike Pence, Benny Gantz, Milorad Dodik, Robert Knepper, John McEnroe, and Inger Nilsson. After her are Ramón Díaz, Ahmet Davutoğlu, Abdullah of Pahang, Simon Cowell, Kelly Lynch, and Vahagn Khachaturyan.

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In Taiwan

Among people born in Taiwan, William Lai ranks 6 out of 116. Before her are Tsai Ing-wen (1956), Teresa Teng (1953), Lee Teng-hui (1923), Ang Lee (1954), and Momofuku Ando (1910). After her are 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, William Lai ranks 3. Before her are Tsai Ing-wen (1956), and Lee Teng-hui (1923). After her are 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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