Michael Gau () is Taiwanese educator. He served as vice chairperson of the

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from 21 May 2012 and was replaced by Chi Chia-fen in 2016.

Early life and education

Gau was born in 1963 in

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. He obtained his bachelor's degree in law 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 1987, master's of law specialized in international law from

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in 1990 and King's College London in the

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in 1991 and doctoral degree in law from Leiden University in the

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in 1997.

Career

He has taught at

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in 2000–2005, Soochow University in 2005–2010,

National Taiwan Ocean University National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU; ) is a national university in Zhongzheng District, Keelung, Taiwan. NTOU is a member of University System of Taipei. History NTOU was originally established as the Provincial Taiwan Maritime Technology C ...

in 2010–2017,

Hainan University Hainan University (Hainan U or HNU; ), commonly referred to as Haida, is a national-provincial public comprehensive university in Haikou, Hainan, China. It is a comprehensive key university formed by a merger with the former South China Univers ...

in 2017-2019 and

Wuhan University Wuhan University (WHU; ) is a public research university in Wuhan, Hubei. The university is sponsored by the Ministry of Education. Wuhan university was founded as one of the four elite universities in the early republican period of China and i ...

since 2019.

References

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