Tsai Ing-wen - Latest Current Affairs for Competitive Exams

Question: Recently who has been elected as the 1^st Female President of Taiwan?

(a) Tsai Ing-wen
(b) Chan Yung-jan
(c) Chien Yu-chin
(d) Chen Chu

Ans (a)

Related facts:

On 16 January 2016, Pro-Independence Opposition candidate of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Tsai Ing-wen (59) has been elected as first female and 14th President of Taiwan.
Ms Tsai’s victory is the biggest mandate ever won by a DPP president and is only the second-ever victory for the DPP since Taiwan split with China in 1949.
In the 2016 general elections, DPP led by Tsai emerged victorious with 56 percent of the total vote share.
She defeated Eric Chu of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) Party that secured 31 percent vote share.
Born on 31 August 1956 in Taipei, Taiwan, Tsai graduated from the College of Law, National Taiwan University in 1978.
She obtained a Master of Laws at Cornell University Law School in 1980 and then a Ph.D. in law at the London School of Economics in 1984.

Reference:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35333647