Taiwan Today
Date: July 27, 2016

President Tsai Ing-wen was included in an article showcasing eight women to serve as

Tsai Ing-wen waves to supporters following her election Jan. 16 as the ROC’s first female president. (Staff photo/Chin Hung-hao)

national leaders published July 24 by U.S.-based newspaper The Washington Post.

“Women steering the ship of state: They’re just about everywhere (except here)” introduces Tsai as the “first female president of Taiwan,” winning the nation’s top job with 56 percent of the vote. Her background as a former professor and trade negotiator holding degrees from Cornell University and London School of Economics is also highlighted.

Tsai is in the esteemed company of the late Indira Ghandi, former prime minister of India; Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, ex-president of Argentina, Theresa May, prime minister of Britain; the late Golda Meir, former prime minister of Israel; Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany; the late Margaret Thatcher, ex-prime minister of Britain; and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia and the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner.     [FULL  STORY]