Wu Jin (; 9 April 1934 – 14 January 2008) was a Taiwanese educator and politician who served as Minister for Education between 1996 and 1998 under

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Early life

Wu obtained his

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and

hydraulics Hydraulics (from Greek: Υδραυλική) is a technology and applied science using engineering, chemistry, and other sciences involving the mechanical properties and use of liquids. At a very basic level, hydraulics is the liquid counter ...

from the

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, in Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.. He was a research fellow at the

Academia Sinica Academia Sinica (AS, la, 1=Academia Sinica, 3=Chinese Academy; ), headquartered in Nangang, Taipei, is the national academy of Taiwan. Founded in Nanking, the academy supports research activities in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from ...

in 1986. Wu also served as the first president of the

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(NCKU) in Tainan, Taiwan.

Minister for Education

Wu was selected by President Lee Teng-hui to serve as Taiwan's education minister in June 1996. He was known for his progressive views on the reforms needed in Taiwan's educational system. Wu stepped down as Minister for Education in February 1998. His resignation was due to a difference of opinion dispute between himself and the president of Academia Sinica, Lee Yuan-tseh, over the pace and types of educational reforms needed. (Lee Yuan-tseh had previously chaired a panel force in the 1980s which had led to a number of changes concerning education in Taiwan.)

Death

Wu Jin was diagnosed with

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of the ampulla of Vater, a rare form of the disease, in 2006. He received treatment at the National Cheng Kung University Hospital in Taiwan and the

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. Wu's health began to deteriorate in December, 2007 following a trip to

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. He died on Monday, 14 January 2008, at National Cheng Kung University Hospital in

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, at the age of 74. Wu was survived by his wife. His funeral took place in Tainan on 27 January 2008.

References

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