Dr. James Soong has served as Secretary to the Premier (Chiang Ching-kuo), Secretary to the President, Director-General of the Government Information Office, and Secretary-General of the ruling party at the time, the KMT. Dr. Soong was also the only directly elected Governor of Taiwan, winning more than 56 percent of the total votes and serving from 1994 to 1998. Since founding the People First Party in 2000, he has been the voice of the middle ground and the much-needed third force in Taiwanese politics.Education: 1974 PhD Political Science, Georgetown University, Washington, DC; 1971 MSLS, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC; 1967 MA Political Science, University of California, Berkeley; 1964 LLB Diplomacy, National Cheng-chi University, Taipei