James Soong is the only person in Taiwan's history to have been directly elected provincial governor, a now defunct position. Now the chairman of the People's First Party, Soong has announced his intention to run for president in 2012 if he receives more than one million signatures endorsing his campaign.
Soong ran for president as an independent in 2000, quitting the ruling Kuomintang having failed to secure the party's nomination. The consequent split among Kuomintang voters resulted in another first: a victory for the Democratic Progressive Party's Chen Shui-bian and the first democratic transfer of power in Taiwan.
Born: March 16, 1942
Birthplace: Xiangtan, Hunan
Country of Citizenship: Taiwan
Profession: Politician
Marital Status: Married with a son and a daughter
Education: PhD in political science from Georgetown University
Career:
2000 - present Chairman,the People First Party
1994-1998 Governor of Taiwan Province
1989-1993 KMT Secretary-General
1984-1989 Personal Secretary to the President
1979-1984 Director-General of the Government Information Office
1978-1981 Personal Secretary to the President
1974-1977 Secretary to Premier
Soong ran for president as an independent in 2000, quitting the ruling Kuomintang having failed to secure the party's nomination. The consequent split among Kuomintang voters resulted in another first: a victory for the Democratic Progressive Party's Chen Shui-bian and the first democratic transfer of power in Taiwan.
Born: March 16, 1942
Birthplace: Xiangtan, Hunan
Country of Citizenship: Taiwan
Profession: Politician
Marital Status: Married with a son and a daughter
Education: PhD in political science from Georgetown University
Career:
2000 - present Chairman,the People First Party
1994-1998 Governor of Taiwan Province
1989-1993 KMT Secretary-General
1984-1989 Personal Secretary to the President
1979-1984 Director-General of the Government Information Office
1978-1981 Personal Secretary to the President
1974-1977 Secretary to Premier
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