Chen Der-hwa () is a

Taiwanese Taiwanese may refer to: * Taiwanese language, another name for Taiwanese Hokkien * Something from or related to Taiwan ( Formosa) * Taiwanese aborigines, the indigenous people of Taiwan * Han Taiwanese, the Han people of Taiwan * Taiwanese people, ...

politician. He was the Political Deputy Minister of Education from 22 October 2013 until 16 August 2014 with a brief stint as Minister of Education on 14–29 July 2014 after

Chiang Wei-ling Chiang Wei-ling (; born 2 September 1957) is a Taiwanese educator. He was the Minister of the Ministry of Education (MOE) of the Executive Yuan in 2012–2014. He is also the former President of National Central University in Taoyuan. ROC Educa ...

resigned due to alleged academic fraud. His appointment to Political Deputy Minister had also come in the wake of the sudden resignation of another predecessor, Chen I-hsing. He had been the Administrative Deputy Minister from June 2012 until October 2013.

Education

Chen obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in 1983 and 1987, respectively, from

National Taiwan Normal University National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU; ), or ''Shīdà'' is an institution of higher education and normal school operating out of three campuses in Taipei, Taiwan. NTNU is the leading research institute in such disciplines as Education and Lin ...

. He then obtained his doctoral's degree from

National Chengchi University National Chengchi University () is a public research university in Taipei. The university is also considered as the earliest public service training facility of the Republic of China. First established in Nanjing in 1927, the university was subs ...

in education in 2000.

Early career

Chen started his career in 1988 at the

Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

by becoming the Section Chief of the Department of Higher Education in July 1988 until January 1994. He then became the Senior Specialist of the Council of Academic Reviewal and Evaluation in January 1994 until December 1997. Afterwards, he became the Deputy Director of the Department of Higher Education in December 1997 until May 2000. In May-October 2000, he became the Senior Inspector of the Inspector Office. In October 2000 until September 2002, he became the Director-General of the Department of Technological and Vocational Education. He then became the Senior Inspector and Executive Secretary of the Educational Research Committee in September 2002 until May 2004. Afterwards, he became the Director-General of the Department of Higher Education in May 2004 until March 2007. Finally he became the Counselor of Counselors Office in March 2007 until June 2012.

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