Chen Ming-tong

Chen Ming-tong (Chinese: 陳明通; pinyin: Chén Míngtōng; born 25 November 1955) is a Taiwanese politician and currently the Director-General of the National Security Bureau. He was the Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council from 2018 to 2021 and 2007 to 2008.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.
Chen Ming-tong
陳明通
18th Director-General of the National Security Bureau of the Republic of China
Assumed office
23 February 2021
Preceded byChiu Kuo-cheng
Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Republic of China
In office
19 March 2018 – 22 February 2021
DeputyChiu Chui-cheng, Lee Li-chen
Preceded byKatharine Chang
Lin Cheng-yi (acting)
Succeeded byChiu Tai-san
In office
10 April 2007 – 20 May 2008
Preceded byJoseph Wu
Succeeded byLai Shin-yuan
Deputy Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council
In office
20 May 2000 – 19 May 2004
MinisterTsai Ing-wen
Personal details
Born (1955-11-25) 25 November 1955
Taichung County, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
Alma materNational Taiwan University

Academic career

Chen obtained his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in political science from National Taiwan University (NTU) in 1979, 1981 and 1991, respectively. Chen worked as a researcher in the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission of the Taipei City Government in 1983-1984. After finishing his doctoral degree, he worked as associate professor followed by professor at the Graduate Institute of National Development of NTU from 1992 to 2000.

He was a thesis adviser to several politicians affiliated with the Democratic Progressive Party, including Chiu Chih-wei, Kao Chia-yu, Lin Chih-chien, Pan Men-an, and Shen Fa-hui.[1]

Political career

He led the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) between 2007 and 2008, then returned to NTU. In 2018, he succeeded Katharine Chang as MAC minister.[2][3]

References
  1. Lin, Sean (26 July 2020). "KMT labels DPP officials plagiarists". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. Huang, Jewel (17 April 2007). "Newsmaker: Chen Ming-tong is part of the strategy". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  3. Hsu, Stacy (24 February 2018). "Reshuffle targets security, diplomacy". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
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