Cho Jung-tai

Cho was born in Taipei, Taiwan. He obtained his bachelor's degree in law from National Chung Hsing University.[1][2]

Cho was a member of the Kuomintang.[3] Cho launched his career in politics as a city council aide to Frank Hsieh during his tenure in the Taipei City Council.[4] He was later elected as member of the Taipei City Council from 1990 to 1998.[1] Following two terms as city councillor, Cho was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1998 and 2001.[5] He vacated the position in May 2004, succeeding Chen Che-nan as deputy secretary-general to President Chen Shui-bian.[6][7] He was appointed spokesperson of the Executive Yuan in January 2005.[1] In January 2006, Cho resumed his previous post as deputy-secretary general within the presidential office.[8] Cho was appointed Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party in October 2007.[9] He was replaced shortly following Frank Hsieh's loss in the presidential elections in March 2008.

Cho was appointed Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan in September 2017, and took office with the inauguration of the William Lai cabinet.[10][11] In December 2018, Cho announced his intention to contest the DPP chairmanship vacated by Tsai Ing-wen after the DPP's landslide defeat in the local elections of 2018.[12] The leadership election was held on 6 January 2019.[13] During the contest, Cho received support from party heavyweights among the "middle generation" or "Wild Lily generation," including endorsements from Cheng Wen-tsan, Lin Chia-lung, Chen Chi-mai, Huang Wei-cher, Lin Chih-chien, Weng Chang-liang and Pan Men-an.[14] The Democratic Progressive Party reported that voter turnout was 16.9%. Cho won 24,699 votes total, and 72.6% of all votes cast.[15][16] Cho took office on 9 January 2019, when the electoral results were formally announced.[17][18] Cho stepped down from the chairmanship on 20 May 2020, as Tsai Ing-wen was inaugurated for a second presidential term.[19]