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Joseph Wu

Diplomat · Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Joseph Wu 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	Jaushieh Joseph Wu · Joseph Wu · Джозеф У · ג'וזף וו · جوزيف وو · 4 more...				[sources]
Alias	Jaushieh Joseph Wu · Jaushieh Wu · Joseph Wu · WU Jaushieh · Wu Jau-shieh · 4 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	ウー・チャオシエ · ジョーゼフ・ウー · 吴钊燮 · 呉ショウ燮				[sources]
Birth date	1954-10-31				[sources]
Place of birth	Changhua County				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Taiwan				[sources]
Citizenship	Taiwan				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Joseph				[sources]
Last name	Wu				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6288088				[sources]
Position	Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (2018-2024) · Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party (2014-2016) · Secretary-General to the President, Republic of China (2017-2018)				[sources]
Education	National Chengchi University · Ohio State University · University of Missouri–St. Louis				[sources]
Last change	2025-11-06	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

chairman of the International Cooperation and Development Fund

— China Sanctions Research non-official source, 2024-05-22

Taiwanese politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
China	Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council		2021-11-05	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China	2018-02-26	2024-05-20

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,143

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,011

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata353,686

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,621

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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