Chang San-cheng

Chang San-cheng (2015)

Chang San-cheng ( Chinese  張善政 , Pinyin Zhāng Shànzhèng , also Simon Chang ; born June 24, 1954 ) is an independent Taiwanese politician and was Prime Minister of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from January 18 to May 20, 2016 .

Academic and professional career

After completing a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Taiwan National University , Chang continued his studies in the United States , earning a master's degree from Stanford University (1977) and a doctorate from Cornell University (1981). On his return to Taiwan, he taught from 1981 to 1990 as a lecturer and professor at the Department of Civil Engineering at the National Taiwan University. From 1991 to 1997, he directed the National Center for High-Performance Computing in Hsinchu . Between 1998 and 2000, Chang served as Director of Planning and Evaluation for the National Science Council . He then switched to business and was Vice-Managing Director of the Acer e-Enabling Service Business Group (2000–2010) as well as General Inspector of Hardware for Google in Asia (2012–2014).

Political career

In 2012, Chang was appointed to the Executive Yuan (Cabinet) as the non -portfolio minister. In March 2014 he was the first minister to take over the newly created Ministry of Science and Technology. After a cabinet reshuffle in December 2014, Chang was appointed Vice Prime Minister under Prime Minister Mao Chi-kuo . After Mao's resignation on January 18, 2016, following the defeat of the ruling Kuomintang party in parliament and the 2016 presidential elections , Chang took over his office and was officially appointed by President Ma Ying-jeou as the new Prime Minister from February 1, 2016 a few days later . Chang served as a transitional premier until May 20, 2016.

On November 11, 2019, Chang was proclaimed a Kuomintang candidate for the vice-presidential post in the upcoming 2020 presidential election .

Web links

• Brief portrait on the website of the Executive Yuan

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Press release of the Executive Yuan of February 26, 2014 ( Memento of September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Press release of the Executive Yuan of January 25, 2016 ( Memento of January 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Sarah Zheng: Former Taiwan premier Chang San-cheng joins KMT ticket as vice-presidential candidate for 2020. South China Morning Post, November 11, 2019, accessed on November 16, 2019 . 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Chang is the family name here, San-cheng is the first name.