Ko Wen-je

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Ko Wen-je (Chinese: 柯文哲; pinyin: Kē Wénzhé; born 6 August 1959), also known by his nickname Ko P, is a Taiwanese politician, physician, and transplant surgeon who served as the 13th mayor of Taipei from 2014 to 2022. He founded the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) in 2019 and was the party's first chairman until 2025. A specialist in intensive care medicine and traumatology, Ko earned his doctorate from National Taiwan University in 2002, became a surgeon at National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH), and taught as a professor at the National Taiwan University College of Medicine. Before entering politics, he pioneered the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in Taiwan and led efforts to standardize organ transplant procedures. In the 2014 local elections, Ko ran successfully as an independent candidate for the Taipei mayoralty, defeating Kuomintang (KMT) nominee Sean Lien with the support of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). During his mayoralty, he expanded public housing...

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