Question: Recently Tsai Ing-Wen has been elected as the 1st Female President of which of the following country?
(a) Taiwan
(b) Philippines
(c) Cambodia
(d) Vietnam
Ans (a)
Related facts:
- On 20 May 2016, Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-Wen was sworn in as the country’s first woman president.
- She is the candidate of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of Taiwan.
- In the January 2016 general elections , DPP led by Tsai emerged victorious with 56.2 percent of the total vote share.
- She defeated Eric Chu of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) Party that secured 31 percent vote share.
- She was a Professor before entering into politics.
Reference:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35333647
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_general_election,_2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsai_Ing-wen