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
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