Famous Politicians Who Use Gwoyeu Luomaatzyh 用拼調式羅馬拼音（國語羅馬字）拼姓名的政治人物

[Updated January 19, 2016]

In Taiwan, many important people use Gwoyeu Luomaatzyh/Romatzyh [tonal spelling, National Romanization] to spell all or part of their names. This includes politicians from major parties: the KMT 中國國民黨(Kuo Min Tang / Gwomindaang [guómíndɑ̌ng in Pinyin]), also called the Nationalist Party), the DPP 民主進步黨 (Minjinndaang, Democratic Progressive Party in English [Mínjìndɑ̌ng in Pinyin) and even the New Party. Here is a sample (CC pictures from Wikipedia):

Entire Names Spelled in Gwoyeu Romatzyh:

(1) Former Premier Jiang Yihuah 江宜樺, whose entire name is correctly spelled in National Romanization, is obviously a well-educated gentleman who pays attention to significant details. Premier Jiang's name would be Jiɑ̄ng Yíhuɑ̀ in Pinyin).

Premier Jiang Yihuah 江宜樺

(2) Wang Jinpyng 王金平, a modest, soft-spoken gentleman with a fine education, a former mathematics teacher who realizes the importance of noticing fine details: his entire name is correctly spelled in National Romanization (= Wɑ́ng Jīnpíng in Pinyin). Mr Wang is the President of the Legislative Yuan.

Wang Jinpyng 王金平 CC-BY-SA Rico Shen

More Gwoyeu Signs

Thirty years after being officially disowned, tonal spelling is alive and well in Taiwan.

Here is a spa sign:

This is a perfectly-spelled example. The tone letters are marked in red hollow letters.