Ko Wen-je

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Ko.

Ko Wen-je
柯文哲
Ko in 2026
1st Chairman of the Taiwan People's Party
In office 6 August 2019 – 1 January 2025[a]
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Huang Kuo-chang[b]
13th Mayor of Taipei
In office 25 December 2014 – 25 December 2022
Deputy	Template:If mobile Charles Lin Chou Li-fang Chen Chin-jun Teng Chia-chi Pong Cheng-sheng Tsai Ping-kun Huang Shan-shan
Preceded by	Hau Lung-pin
Succeeded by	Chiang Wan-an
Personal details
Born	(1959-08-06) 6 August 1959 Hsinchu City, Taiwan
Political party	Taiwan People's Party (after 2019)
Spouse(s)	Chen Pei-chi (陳佩琪)
Children	3
Education	National Taiwan University (MB, PhD) University of Minnesota
Scientific career
Fields	Intensive care medicine[1]
Institutions	National Taiwan University College of Medicine
Thesis	Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: Clinical applications and prognosis projection (2002)
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Ko Wen-je (Chinese: 柯文哲; pinyin: Kē Wénzhé; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koa Bûn-tiat; born 6 August 1959) is a Taiwanese surgeon and independent politician. Ko was the Mayor of Taipei from 2014 to 2022.^[2]

Before becoming the mayor, he was a doctor at the National Taiwan University Hospital. He was also a professor at National Taiwan University College of Medicine.^[3]

He sued Ethan Gutmann for defamation in 2020.^{[4] [5] [6]}

He was a candidate for President of the Republic of China in the 2024 election, but did not win.

Ko is the founder of the Taiwan Peoples Party.

He was arrested in late 2024 after an investigation into corruption. ^[7]