Eric Chu
Eric Chu | |||||||||
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朱立倫 | |||||||||
 Chu in 2018 | |||||||||
| 7th & 11th Chairman of the Kuomintang | |||||||||
| In office 5 October 2021 – 1 November 2025 | |||||||||
| Deputy | See list | ||||||||
| Secretary General | Justin Huang | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Johnny Chiang | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Cheng Li-wun | ||||||||
| In office 19 January 2015 – 16 January 2016 | |||||||||
| Deputy | See list | ||||||||
| Secretary General | Lee Shu-chuan | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Ma Ying-jeou Wu Den-yih (Acting) | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Huang Min-hui (Acting) Hung Hsiu-chu | ||||||||
| 1st Mayor of New Taipei | |||||||||
| In office 25 December 2010 – 25 December 2018 | |||||||||
| Deputy | See list
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| Preceded by | Chou Hsi-wei (as Magistrate of Taipei County) | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Hou Yu-ih | ||||||||
| 29th Vice Premier of the Republic of China | |||||||||
| In office 10 September 2009 – 17 May 2010 | |||||||||
| Premier | Wu Den-yih | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Paul Chiu | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Sean Chen | ||||||||
| Minister of the Consumer Protection Commission | |||||||||
| In office 10 September 2009 – 17 May 2010 | |||||||||
| Premier | Wu Den-yih | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Paul Chiu | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Sean Chen | ||||||||
| 11th Magistrate of Taoyuan | |||||||||
| In office 20 December 2001 – 10 September 2009 | |||||||||
| Deputy | Huang Min-kon | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Hsu Ying-shen (Acting) | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Huang Min-kon (Acting) | ||||||||
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |||||||||
| In office 1 February 1999 – 20 December 2001 | |||||||||
| Constituency | Taoyuan County | ||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||
| Born | 7 June 1961 Bade, Taoyuan, Taiwan | ||||||||
| Party | Kuomintang | ||||||||
| Spouse | Kao Wan-ching | ||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||
| Education | National Taiwan University (BA) New York University (MBA, PhD) | ||||||||
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| Scientific career | |||||||||
| Fields | Applied statistics | ||||||||
| Thesis | Market-based Accounting Research: An International Comparison and New Evidence (1991) | ||||||||
| Joshua Ronen | |||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 朱立倫 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 朱立伦 | ||||||||
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Eric Li-luan Chu (Chinese: 朱立倫; pinyin: Zhū Lìlún; born on 7 June 1961) is a Taiwanese politician, statistician, and academic who served as the chairman of the Kuomintang from 2015 to 2016 and from 2021 to 2025.
Born in Taoyuan to a political family, Chu graduated from National Taiwan University in 1983 and earned his doctorate from New York University in 1991. After beginning an academic career as an accounting professor, he entered politics as a member of the Legislative Yuan in 1999, representing Taoyuan County. He then served as the magistrate of Taoyuan County from 2001 to 2009, the vice premier of the Republic of China under Wu Den-yih from 2009 to 2010, and was elected as the first mayor of New Taipei in 2010.
On 17 January 2015, he was elected unopposed as the chairman of the Kuomintang, succeeding Ma Ying-jeou. On 17 October 2015, he was chosen as KMT candidate for the 2016 presidential election replacing incumbent candidate Hung Hsiu-chu. Chu was defeated by his opponent Tsai Ing-wen, and subsequently resigned his post as KMT chairman. As a result of the 2021 Kuomintang chairmanship election, he returned to his former post as chairman of the party.