Tsai Ing-wen is a Taiwanese politician and professor who is the seventh president of the Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan) under the 1947 Constitution and the second president from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) part of Taiwan’s Pan-Green Coalition. In May 20, 2016, she was the first woman to be elected to the office. She was the Democratic Progressive Party candidate in the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections. Tsai previously served as party chair from 2008 to 2012, and from 2014 to 2018.