Wang Kwo-tsai (; born 1959) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the incumbent Minister of Transportation and Communications. He had also served as the Political Deputy Minister of Transportation and Communications between 2016 and 2021. He had served as the acting minister between December 2018 to January 2019 as the deputy minister, after the then minister

Wu Hong-mo Wu Hong-mo () is a Taiwanese politician. Early life Wu obtained his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Feng Chia University in 1976, master's degree in safety, health and environmental engineering from National Kaohsiung First Univers ...

resigned due to the poor result of the ruling party of government on the

2018 Taiwanese local elections Local elections were held on 24 November 2018 in Taiwan, to elect county magistrates (city mayors), county (city) councilors, township mayors, township councilors and chiefs of village (borough) in 6 municipalities and 16 counties (cities). Elec ...

Education

Wang obtained his bachelor's and master's degree in transportation management from

National Cheng Kung University National Cheng Kung University (NCKU; ) is a public research university located in Tainan, Taiwan. The university is best known for engineering, computer science, medicine, and planning and design. As a top university in Taiwan, NCKU has played ...

in 1981 and 1988 respectively. He then obtained his doctoral degree in traffic and transportation from

National Chiao Tung University National Chiao Tung University (NCTU; ) was a public research university located in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Established in 1896 as Nanyang Public School by an imperial edict of the Guangxu Emperor, it was one of China's leading universities. After th ...

in 1995.

Political career

He took office as political deputy minister of transportation and communications on 20 May 2016, serving under

Hochen Tan Hochen Tan (; born 6 December 1950) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of China from 20 May 2016 until 16 July 2018. He is the elder brother of Hocheng Hong. Education Hochen ob ...

. Wang succeeded

as Minister of Transportation and Communications in December 2018.

References

Living people Taiwanese Ministers of Transportation and Communications 1959 births {{Taiwan-politician-stub