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Enoch Wu
Taiwanese politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Enoch Wu (Chinese: 吳怡農; pinyin: Wú Yínóng; born 31 December 1980) is a Taiwanese policy advocate and former special forces soldier. Wu is the founder of Forward Alliance, a Taiwanese NGO focusing on national security.
Enoch Wu | |
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吳怡農 | |
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Founder of Forward Alliance | |
Chairperson of the Taipei chapter of the Democratic Progressive Party | |
In office 9 February 2021 – 6 June 2022 | |
Preceded by | Chen Cheng-teh |
Succeeded by | Chang Mao-nan |
Personal details | |
Born | (1980-12-31) 31 December 1980 (age 43) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Nationality | Taiwanese |
Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
Spouse |
Yen Tsai-wei (m. 2022) |
Alma mater | Yale University |
Wu was born in Chicago, Illinois. He returned to Taiwan at the age of six and grew up in Taipei before attending high school in the United States. After graduating from Yale College, he worked at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong. In 2013, he left the finance industry to pursue public service in Taiwan.
He served in the Taiwanese Army's Special Forces Command from 2014 to 2015. Following his national service, Wu joined Premier Lin Chuan's office to lead an interagency task force on Taiwan's security policies and served on the staff of Taiwan's National Security Council.
Wu ran for a legislative seat in Taipei's 3rd District in the 2020 general election, narrowly losing to the Kuomintang (KMT) incumbent Wayne Chiang. From February 2021 to June 2022, he served as the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)'s Taipei Chapter Chair.
In 2022, Time Magazine honored Enoch Wu in the Leaders category of the Time 100 Next, its annual global list of 100 individuals shaping the future of their fields and defining the next generation of leadership, for his work with Forward Alliance. In response, Wu shared the recognition with the volunteers, first responders, and NGOs partnered with Forward Alliance.[1]
On December 5, 2022, Wu announced that he had married his girlfriend in October.[2]