Presidential elections were held in Taiwan on 11 January 2020 along with the 10th Legislative Yuan election.Incumbent president Tsai Ing-wen and former premier William Lai of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won the election, defeating Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu of the Kuomintang (KMT) and his running mate Chang San-cheng, as well as third-party …

The 16th President and Vice President election of the Republic of China (Chinese: 中華民國第十六屆總統、副總統選舉) is scheduled to be held in Taiwan in early 2024. Incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), who was reelected in 2020, is ineligible to seek a third term.The winner of the 2024 presidential election is scheduled to be …

The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD) or the Chinese Nationalist Party, is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Taiwan after 1949. It was the sole party in China during the Republican Era from 1928 to 1949, when most of the Chinese mainland was under its control. The party retreated from the …

Before 2018 election. Initial speculation about the 2023 election began after the first direct presidential election in 2013. Political scientist Ladislav Cabada said he expected the new president to be younger than Miloš Zeman when he was elected in 2013. Jiří Dienstbier Jr. was often mentioned as a potential left-wing candidate.

First president to receive over 1 million votes in a presidential election before assuming office. John Tyler (1841–1845 ... Greece, Spain, Portugal, South Korea, the Philippines and Taiwan while in office. John F. Kennedy (1961–1963) First president who was Catholic. First president born in the 20th century. First president to have ...

This is a list of Republicans and conservatives who opposed the re-election of incumbent Donald Trump, the 2020 Republican Party nominee for President of the United States.Among them are former Republicans who left the party in 2016 or later due to their opposition to Trump, those who held office as a Republican, Republicans who endorsed a different candidate, and Republican …

The Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign was an unsuccessful re-election campaign for the 2020 United States presidential election by incumbent Republican Donald Trump.Trump was inaugurated for his first term on January 20, 2017, and officially announced his reelection campaign on June 18, 2019. Donald Trump began his re-election campaign unusually early for …

An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local …

Presidential primaries and caucuses of the Republican Party took place in many U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories from February 3 to August 11, 2020, to elect most of the 2,550 delegates to send to the Republican National Convention.Delegates to the national convention in other states were elected by the respective state party organizations.

The 1950 United States Senate election in California was held on November 7 of that year, following a campaign characterized by accusations and name-calling.Republican Congressman and future President Richard Nixon defeated Democrat Helen Gahagan Douglas, after Democratic incumbent Sheridan Downey withdrew during the primary election campaign. Douglas and …

Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Spanish: [anˈdɾes maˈnwel ˈlopes oβɾaˈðoɾ] (); born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican politician who has served as the 65th president of Mexico since 1 December 2018. He previously served as Head of Government of Mexico City from 2000 to 2005.. Born in Tepetitán, in the municipality of Macuspana, in the …

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as the president of Russia since 2012, having previously served between 2000 and 2008. He was the prime minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012, thus having served continuously as either president or prime minister from 1999 onwards.

Wu Den-yih (born 30 January 1948) is a Taiwanese politician. He graduated from National Taiwan University and worked as a journalist before beginning a career in politics with a 1973 appointment to the Taipei City Council.Wu was then elected Magistrate of Nantou County, serving from 1981 to 1989.Following two terms as magistrate, he was named Mayor of Kaohsiung in …

The election of the president is mainly regulated by the Presidential Election Law (PEL) and the Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights (BGL). The Federation Council calls the presidential elections. If it does not call a presidential election that is due, the Central Election Commission will call the presidential election. The election day is the second Sunday of the month and …