Wu Ying-yih

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wu.

Wu Ying-yih (traditional Chinese: 吳英毅; simplified Chinese: 吴英毅; pinyin: Wú Yīngyì, born 15 January 1943) is a Taiwanese surgeon and politician who served as the Minister of the Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission and subsequently the Overseas Community Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan from 2008 to 2013.^[1]

Wu Ying-yih
吳英毅
Minister of the Overseas Community Affairs Council (Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission until 12 November 2012)
In office 20 May 2008 – 1 August 2013
Deputy	Jen Hong
Vice	Roy Leu
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Chen Shyh-kwei
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 2005 – 31 January 2008
Constituency	Overseas Chinese
Personal details
Born	(1943-01-15) 15 January 1943 (age 82)
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Kuomintang
Education	National Taiwan University (BM) University of Illinois Chicago (MD, PhD)

Education

After graduating from National Chiayi Senior High School, Wu studied surgery as a medical student at National Taiwan University and received his Bachelor of Medicine (B.M.) specializing in surgery in 1961. He then completed doctoral medical studies in the United States, where he earned a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) and Ph.D. specializing in surgery from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 1969 and 1974, respectively. He completed a medical residency at Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic.^[2]

Political career

Wu served as a member of the 6th Legislative Yuan after being elected in the 2004 Republic of China legislative election on 11 December 2004 and taking office on 1 February 2005.^[3]