Clement Chang (; 15 March 1929 – 26 May 2018) was a Taiwanese academic and politician.
He was president of
Tamkang University from 1964 to 1986, stepping down to serve three years as the chairman of the institution's board of trustees. Chang won his first election to the
Taipei City Council in 1969, and served as deputy speaker for three terms until 1981, when he was named speaker. In 1989, Chang was appointed to the
Executive Yuan
The Executive Yuan () is the executive branch of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Its leader is the Premier, who is appointed by the President of the Republic of China, and requires confirmation by the Legislative Yuan.
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as
Minister of Transportation and Communications, and was succeeded by
Eugene Chien in 1991. Chang was a founding editor of the ''
Journal of Futures Studies
The ''Journal of Futures Studies'' (JFS) is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal in the discipline of futures studies. It is published by Tamkang University Press on behalf of the Graduate Institute of Futures Studies at Tamkang University i ...
'' from November 1996 to his death at
National Taiwan University Hospital
The National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH; ) is a medical facility located in the Zhongzheng District of Taipei, Taiwan. It started operations under Japanese rule in Daitōtei (today's Dadaocheng) on 18 June 1895, and moved to its present ...
on 26 May 2018, aged 89.
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1929 births
2018 deaths
Taiwanese Ministers of Transportation and Communications
St. John's University, Shanghai alumni
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni
Academic staff of Tamkang University
Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Yilan County, Taiwan
Academic journal editors
Futurologists
Presidents of universities and colleges in Taiwan
Speakers of the Taipei City Council
Founders of universities
Taiwanese founders
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