Wu Rong-ming

Taiwanese politician

吳容明

Vice President of the Examination YuanIn office
8 June 2004 – 31 July 2008PresidentYao Chia-wenPreceded byJohn KuanSucceeded byWu Jin-linMinister of the Civil ServiceIn office
20 May 2000 – 16 June 2004Preceded byChiu Chin-yi [zh]Succeeded byChiu Wu-hsien [zh]Minister without portfolioIn office
27 January 1999 – 15 August 1999Vice Governor of Taiwan ProvinceIn office
1994–1998GovernorJames SoongSecretary-General of the Examination YuanIn office
24 April 1993 – 23 December 1994 Personal detailsBorn (1943-12-23) 23 December 1943 (age 80)
Bokushi, Tōseki, Tainan Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan (today Puzi, Chiayi County, TaiwanNationalityTaiwanesePolitical partyPeople First Party (since 2000)Other political
affiliationsKuomintang (until 1999)

Wu Rong-ming (Chinese: 吳容明; pinyin: Wú Róngmíng; born 23 December 1943) is a Taiwanese politician.

In the 1980s, Wu worked in the Taipei City Government. From 1993 to 1994, he was secretary-general of the Examination Yuan. Wu was close to James Soong, whom he served under as vice governor of Taiwan Province from 1994 to 1998.^[1] The Kuomintang chose to expel Soong in 1999 for running an independent presidential campaign. Wu, who had resigned his position as minister without portfolio to become Soong's campaign manager,^[2]^[3] had his party membership rescinded.^[4] After Chen Shui-bian won the presidential election, it was reported that Wu had Premier Tang Fei's support to lead the Ministry of the Interior.^[5] Instead, Wu was officially named minister without portfolio for the second time and led the Ministry of Civil Service under the purview of the Examination Yuan.^[6] Wu was appointed as Vice President of the Examination Yuan in May 2004,^[7] and confirmed to the office in June.^[8] On 1 September 2008, Wu became chairman of Taiwan Sugar Corporation.^[9] He resigned the position on 14 November, because he was opposed to the appointment of Chen Ching-bin as company president.^[10]^[11] Wu was succeeded by Hu Mao-lin.^[12]

References

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^ Low, Stephanie; Lin, Irene; Hsu, Brian (14 April 2000). "Cabinet selection almost finished". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
^ Wu, Debby (26 May 2004). "Wu nomination gets help from Wang". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
^ Lin, Chieh-yu (9 June 2004). "Chen swears in Wu, other new top officials". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
^ Tseng, Hui-wen; Tchii, Elizabeth; Ko, Shu-ling (20 November 2008). "Taisugar chairman Wu abruptly resigns position". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
^ Ko, Shu-ling (21 November 2008). "Chiang apologizes for making 'trouble' for Taisugar's Wu". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
^ "Taisugar official to resign". Taipei Times. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
^ "New chairman at Taisugar". Taipei Times. 26 December 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2017.