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Tsai Ing-wen
Tsai Ing-wen is a Taiwanese politician and former law professor who led the Democratic Progressive Party and served as president of the Republic of China from 2016 to 2024, the first woman to hold the office. Her government legalised same-sex marriage in 2019, the first in Asia, and expanded defence spending as pressure from the People's Republic of China grew.
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