Tsai Ing wen's Path to Becoming the First Female Leader of Taiwan

Can you guess which country just elected the first female president in its history? It’s not the United States, France, or even Germany—it’s Taiwan, and that woman is Tsai Ing-wen, who also happens to be one of the country’s most powerful women overall. But how did Tsai Ing-wen become the first female leader of Taiwan? Let’s find out!

Born in 1956, Tsai was raised in Tainan city, a southern port area. Her father owned a local business. After her parents divorced when she was eight years old, Tsai lived with her mother and grandmother in Taoyuan City and studied at a junior high school there for one year before moving back to Tainan. She enrolled at Soochow University in Taipei after graduating from senior high school, majoring in international economic law. As an undergraduate student, Tsai read Adolf Hitler’s manifesto Mein Kampf (My Struggle), which had been translated into Chinese by Lo Hsiang-lin and published by his magazine New Horizon in 1957.


Growing up female in a male dominated society

Tsai Ing-wen grew up in a time when women were expected to get married early, drop out of school and support their husbands. Yet despite growing up in such a male dominated society, Tsai saw her mother doing things that were considered rare for a woman to do at that time. She graduated from National Taiwan University with honors and started working as an English teacher at Taipei Municipal Zhongshan Girls High School where she met her future husband who was also working there as a physics teacher. Her then boyfriend later encouraged her to pursue her dream of becoming a lawyer by taking law classes part time during her career as an English teacher.


Government career before entering politics

Tsai was born in Tainan, Taiwan. She has a doctorate in law from Cornell Law School, and she worked for four years at a private firm in New York City and then as an advisor on international affairs to Chen Shui-bian while he was campaigning for president. Upon Chen's election in 2000, Tsai became his foreign minister, making her one of two women to hold that position. In 2005, she stepped down after being indicted by a Taiwanese court on corruption charges (the decision was overturned by higher courts). Tsai resigned from politics altogether until 2012 when she ran for president again—and won.


First elected into parliament in 2000

Tsai began her political career in 2000 when she was elected into parliament as a member of what is now known as Tsai’s Democratic Progressive Party. She had served four terms in parliament by 2005, when she became vice premier under Chen Shui-bian, who was president at that time. As vice premier, Tsai oversaw several ministries, including national defense and foreign affairs—she was also named chairwoman of Taipei’s Mainland Affairs Council, which handles relations with China.


In charge of economic affairs and communications

Tsai is in charge of economic affairs and communications. She has been criticized for her lack of experience with foreign affairs, but she says she is determined to learn on the job as quickly as possible. On foreign policy, Tsai is likely to seek closer ties with China. She has said that she will maintain respect for the status quo regarding relations between China and Taiwan -- namely that mainland China still considers Taiwan part of its territory and hasn't ruled out using force against any formal declaration by Taiwan seeking independence. However, Tsai will almost certainly look to strengthen trade ties with countries in Asia and Europe while also ensuring military cooperation between Taipei and Washington stays intact.



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