Wu Cheng-wen (; born 1958) is a Taiwanese engineer, academic administrator, and politician who has served as the minister of the National Science and Technology Council since 20 May 2024.

Early life and education

Wu is a Tainan native, born in 1958. Wu was an outfielder and pitcher for the Tainan Giants, representing Taiwan in the

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/ref> He graduated from National Tainan First Senior High School and studied electrical engineering at National Taiwan University.

Academic career

Wu joined the National Tsing Hua University faculty in 1987, upon completing his master's degree and doctorate at the University of California, Santa Barbara, advised by Peter Cappello. Wu later became vice president of National Tsing Hua University. In this role, Wu attended the 2016 ceremony marking the establishment of an office for the China-funded Cross-Strait Tsinghua Research Institute at NTHU. In 2017, Wu was one of eight candidates during the initial round of voting for the presidency of National Taiwan University. After education minister

Pan Wen-chung Pan Wen-chung (; born 28 November 1962) is a Taiwanese educator and politician. He first served as Minister of Education from May 2016 to April 2018 and returned to the post in January 2019. Education Pan obtained his teaching certificate from ...

drew attention to a "flawed" selection process that saw the election of

Kuan Chung-ming Kuan Chung-ming (; born 15 August 1956) is a Taiwanese politician and academic. He was the last minister of the Council for Economic Planning and Development from 2013 to 2014 and served as the first minister of the succeeding government agency, ...

to the post, Wu announced his intention to withdraw from further votes if interference took place in the selection of Kuan. Wu has been affiliated with the Industrial Technology Research Institute as head of its Information and Communications Research Laboratories, as well as its vice president, and later, senior vice president.

Political career

At the time of his appointment as leader of the

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's National Science and Technology Council on 16 April 2024, Wu was president of the

Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology (STUST; ) is a private university in Yongkang District, Tainan, Taiwan. History The university was originally founded in 1969 as Nan-Tai Junior College of Engineering. In 1990, it became Nan-Ta ...

. In June 2024, Wu announced the government's proposal to extend the third phase of Taiwan's space development program.

Honors and awards

Wu was elected a fellow of the

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...

in 2004.

References

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