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Wellington Koo

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Wellington Koo is subject to counter-sanctions. Counter-sanctions are designations imposed by countries with weak democratic institutions. They are often punitive responses to foreign sanctions, or can be used to suppress domestic political opposition. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Koo Li-hsiung · Li-Hsiung Koo · Wellington Koo · ويلينجتون كو · 顧立雄				[sources]
Alias	Gu Lixiong · Koo Li-hsiung · Koo, Li-Hsiung · Kò͘ Li̍p-hiông · Li-hsiung Koo · 3 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	顾立雄				[sources]
Birth date	1958-10-31				[sources]
Place of birth	Keelung				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Taiwan				[sources]
Country	Taiwan				[sources]
Citizenship	Taiwan				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Wellington				[sources]
Last name	Gu				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q15909081				[sources]
Position	Chairperson of the Financial Supervisory Commission (2017-2020) · Legislative Yuan (member, 2016-) · Member of the Legislative Yuan (2016-2016) · member of the National Assembly of the Republic of China (2005-2005)				[sources]
Education	Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University · National Taiwan University (1976-1980) · New York University School of Law				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Taiwanese lawyer and politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-01-04

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
China	Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council		2022-08-16	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Legislative Yuan	2016-02-01	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Wang Mei-hua Politician	spouse	-	-

Data sources

China Sanctions Research218

Individuals and organisations targeted by the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, Counter-Measures List and the Unreliable Entities List (UEL).

China · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,018

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata353,690

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,654

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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