18th National Congress of Kuomintang

The 18th National Congress of Kuomintang (Chinese: 中國國民黨第十八次全國代表大会) was the eighteenth national congress of Kuomintang, held on 17 October 2009[1] at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium,[2] Taipei, Taiwan.[3]

History

The 18th national congress was originally planned to be held earlier on 12 September 2013[4] but it was eventually postponed to address the relief efforts of Typhoon Morakot.

Results

The 18th congress sees the inauguration of Ma Ying-jeou to become the Chairman of Kuomintang for the second time after winning the chairmanship election held on 29 July 2009, succeeding the incumbent KMT Chairman Wu Po-hsiung in which he will retire from his post. Former Chairman Wu and Lien Chan were appointed as Honorary Chairman who will assist Chairman Ma in Taiwan's external affairs and cross-strait relations respectively.[3] Chan Chun-po, the Secretary-General to the President was inaugurated to be the Secretary-General of Kuomintang.[5]

Reactions outside Taiwan

 Mainland China - CPC General Secretary Hu Jintao sent a congratulatory message to Chairman Ma. In response, Ma also gave a warm reply.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kuomintang News Network". kmt.org.tw. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  2. ↑ "Chinese netizens feel ‘sorry’ for 18th Party Congress of Kuomintang in Taiwan | Ministry of Tofu 豆腐部". ministryoftofu.com. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Global Times - Ma Ying-jeou takes office as KMT chairman". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  4. ↑ "Significance of President Ma doubling as KMT chairman - The China Post". chinapost.com.tw. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  5. ↑ "Chan Chun-po to return as KMT secretary-general - The China Post". chinapost.com.tw. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  6. ↑ "Kuomintang News Network". kmt.org.tw. Retrieved 2014-08-23.