Fan Chih-ku or Frank Fan () is a

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politician. He was the Administrative Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications of the

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeas ...

since 2013. He also serves as the Director-General of the

Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) is a railway operator in Taiwan. It is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, responsible for managing, maintaining, and running conventional passenger and freight railway services ...

Education

Fan obtained his bachelor'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 1978, master's degree in geotechnical and transportation engineering from

Asian Institute of Technology The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), founded in 1959, is an international organization for higher education situated 40km north of Bangkok, Thailand. It specializes in engineering, advanced technologies, sustainable development, and manage ...

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in 1985 and doctoral degree in transportation technology and management 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 2004.

References

1954 births Living people Asian Institute of Technology alumni National Cheng Kung University alumni National Chiao Tung University alumni Political office-holders in the Republic of China on Taiwan Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Hsinchu County {{Taiwan-politician-stub