Meanwhile Eric Chu, NTU associate professor of finance turned Taoyuan County mayor, is at 48 markedly younger than both President Ma and Premier Wu. Since his entry into politics, he has stood out as something of a celebrity and one of the rising stars of the Kuomintang, as well illustrated by his rising to the number-two spot in the cabinet after only 11 years in politics.
而從台大財經教授轉戰立法委員及桃園縣長的新任副閣揆朱立倫，48 歲，年齡雖與馬英九、吳敦義相差十來歲，但均屬一入政壇即難掩光芒的「明星」級人物，從政迄今不過 11 年，已成為新內閣的第二號人物，也被視為國民黨新世代的接班人。