Mao Kao-wen (; 9 February 1936

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– 28 October 2019

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) was a Taiwanese

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, politician, and diplomat. He served as the president of

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from 1981 to 1987. He also was the Minister of Education of the

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from June 1987 to February 1993. Mao died on 28 October 2019 at the

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, aged 83.

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