Wellington Koo (politician, born 1958)
Taiwanese lawyer and politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Wellington Koo (politician, born 1958)?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Wellington Koo Li-hsiung (Chinese: 顧立雄; pinyin: Gù Lìxióng; born 31 October 1958) is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician. During his legal career, Koo represented several politicians. His own political career began with a term on the National Assembly, followed by an unsuccessful campaign for the Taipei mayoralty in 2013. In 2016, he was elected a legislator at large representing the Democratic Progressive Party. Koo left the Legislative Yuan to lead the Ill-gotten Party Assets Settlement Committee. In 2017, he became chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission. Koo was appointed secretary-general of the National Security Council in 2020. Koo served in the role until 2024, when he was appointed minister of National Defense.
Wellington Koo Koo Li-hsiung | |
---|---|
顧立雄 | |
35th Minister of National Defense | |
Assuming office 20 May 2024 | |
Premier | Cho Jung-tai |
Succeeding | Chiu Kuo-cheng |
18th Secretary-General of the National Security Council | |
Assumed office 20 May 2020 | |
Chairwoman | Tsai Ing-wen |
Preceded by | David Lee |
Succeeded by | Joseph Wu (designate) |
11th Chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission | |
In office 8 September 2017 – 19 May 2020 | |
Premier | William Lai Su Tseng-chang |
Deputy | See list
|
Preceded by | Lee Ruey-tsang |
Succeeded by | Huang Tien-mu |
1st Chairman of the Ill-gotten Party Assets Settlement Committee | |
In office 31 August 2016 – 8 September 2017 | |
Premier | Lin Chuan |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Lin Feng-cheng |
Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
In office 1 February 2016 – 11 August 2016 | |
Succeeded by | Julian Kuo |
Constituency | Party-list ( Democratic Progressive Party) |
Personal details | |
Born | (1958-10-31) 31 October 1958 (age 65) Taipei, Taiwan |
Nationality | Taiwan |
Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
Spouse | Wang Mei-hua |
Alma mater | National Taiwan University New York University |
Occupation | politician |
Profession | lawyer |
Wellington Koo | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Traditional Chinese | 顧立雄 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 顾立雄 | ||||||||
| |||||||||