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Chen Tain-jy () is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of National Development Council in 2016–2017.


Academic career

Chen obtained his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from
National Taiwan University National Taiwan University (NTU; ) is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. The university was founded in 1928 during Japanese rule as the seventh of the Imperial Universities. It was named Taihoku Imperial University and served d ...
in 1975 and doctoral degree in economics from
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in the
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in 1983. He then returned to Taiwan to teach at NTU.


Political career

He led the
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from 2008 to 2009, during the
Ma Ying-jeou Ma Ying-jeou ( zh, 馬英九, born 13 July 1950) is a Hong Kong-born Taiwanese politician who served as president of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016. Previously, he served as justice minister from 1993 to 1996 and mayor of Taipei from ...
administration, and returned to government work in 2016 to serve as minister of the National Development Council.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Tain-jy 1953 births Living people National Taiwan University faculty National Taiwan University alumni Pennsylvania State University alumni Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from New Taipei