Wellington Koo
- January 9, 2024
- Politician
Quick Facts
Full Name | Wellington Koo |
Occupation | Politician |
Date Of Birth | Oct 31, 1958(1958-10-31) |
Age | 66 |
Birthplace | Taipei |
Country | Taiwan |
Horoscope | Scorpio |
Wellington Koo Biography
Name | Wellington Koo |
Birthday | Oct 31 |
Birth Year | 1958 |
Place Of Birth | Taipei |
Birth Country | Taiwan |
Birth Sign | Scorpio |
Parents | Koo-Yin Ai-Lien |
Spouse | Wang Mei-hua |
Wellington Koo is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on October 31, 1958 in Taipei, Taiwan.
Wellington Koo (Chinese: 顧立雄 ; pinyin: Gù Lìxióng ; born 31 October 1958) is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician. During his legal career, Koo represented several politicians. His own political career began with an unsuccessful campaign for the Taipei mayoralty in 2013. In 2016, he was elected a legislator at large representing the Democratic Progressive Party. Koo left the Legislative Yuan to lead the Ill-gotten Party Assets Settlement Committee. In 2017, he became chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission. Koo was appointed Secretary-General of the National Security Council in 2020.
Koo worked for Formosa Transnational Attorneys at Law, a firm founded by Fan Kuang-chun and John Chen. While with the firm, Koo, Lee Fu-tien, and four other Taiwanese lawyers served as liaisons between taishang based in mainland China and the businesspeople’s Chinese attorneys. He also mentored Su Chiao- hui and represented Chen Shui-bian and Annette Lu during the 2004 presidential election. Other clients include Chao Chien-ming in a 2006 embezzlement scandal, and the Hung Chung-chiu family in 2013. Koo has also served as legal counsel for Lee Teng-hui and Tsai Ing-wen, as well as the student activists who led the 2014 Sunflower protests and the 2015 protest of curriculum guidelines. In 2014, he joined the defense team of Chiou Ho-shun [zh] , a man subject to the longest criminal case in Taiwanese judicial history who had been imprisoned for the murder of Lu Cheng in 1987. In December 2015, Koo, representing the Democratic Progressive Party as a whole, charged Kuomintang chairman Eric Chu with attempting to buy votes. He also acted as the DPP’s legal counsel in a case against a group of KMT legislators who alleged that Tsai Ing-wen had engaged in land speculation.
Wellington Koo Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Politician |
House | Living in own house. |
Wellington Koo is one of the richest Politician from Taiwan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wellington Koo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Koo was born in Taipei in 1958, to Mainlander parents originally from Shanghai. He attended National Taiwan University before earning a master’s degree in public service law from New York University. Koo passed the Taiwanese bar exam in 1983, and began teaching law at Chinese Culture University in 1993, a job he held until 2003.
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Who is Wellington Koo Dating?
According to our records, Wellington Koo married to Wang Mei-hua. As of December 1, 2023, Wellington Koo’s is not dating anyone.
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Facts & Trivia
Ahlam Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Taiwan. Wellington Koo celebrates birthday on October 31 of every year.