What is Ko Wen-je?
{{Chinese name|[[Ke (surname)|Ko]]}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Ko Wen-je |native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh|柯文哲}}}} |honorific-prefix= |honorific-suffix= |image = 柯文哲主席.jpg |width = 250px |caption = Ko Wen-je in 2024 |nationality = [[Taiwan]] | office1 = 1st [[Taiwan People's Party|Chairman of the Taiwan People's Party]] | term_start1 = 6 August 2019 | predecessor1 = ''Position established'' | order2 = 4th |office2 = Mayor of Taipei |deputy2 = {{list collapsed|title=''See list''|Charles Lin, Chou Li-fang, [[Chen Chin-jun]]<br>[[Teng Chia-chi]], [[Pong Cheng-sheng]] [[Tsai Ping-kun]]}} |term_start2 = 25 December 2014 |term_end2 = 25 December 2022 |predecessor2 = [[Hau Lung-pin]] |successor2 = [[Chiang Wan-an]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|8|6|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Hsinchu City]], [[Taiwan]] |party = [[Taiwan People's Party]] |spouse = Chen Pei-chi |children = 3 |alma_mater = [[National Taiwan University]] |signature = | module = {{Infobox Chinese |child=yes |c=柯文哲 |p=Kē Wénzhé |poj=Koa Bûn-tiat }} }} '''Ko Wen-je''' ({{zh|c=柯文哲|p=Kē Wénzhé|poj=Koa Bûn-tiat}}; born 6 August 1959) is a Taiwanese surgeon and independent politician. Ko was the [[Mayor of Taipei|Mayor]] of [[Taipei]] from 2014 to 2022.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/30/world/asia/independent-is-elected-taipei-mayor-as-taiwans-governing-party-falters-.html?_r=0 Independent Is Elected Taipei Mayor as Taiwan's Governing Party Falters]</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ntuh.gov.tw/en/surg/doctors/DR/WenJeKo.aspx |title=Biography at NTUH |access-date=2019-04-18 |archive-date=2019-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418044701/https://www.ntuh.gov.tw/en/surg/doctors/DR/WenJeKo.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is a candidate for [[President of the Republic of China]]