National Defense University (NDU; ) is a

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located in

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Taoyuan City Taoyuan () is a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in northwestern Taiwan, neighboring New Taipei City to the north-east, Yilan County to the south-east, and Hsinchu County to the south-west. Taoyuan Distr ...

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History

The university was established in May 2000 by merging Armed Forces University, National Defense Management College, Chung Cheng Institute of Technology, and National Defense Medical Center.

Colleges

* War College * Army Command and Staff College * Naval Command and Staff College * Air Command and Staff College * Political Warfare College * Management College * Institute of Technology

List of presidents

Armed Forces University

Pi Tsung-gan The number (; spelled out as "pi") is a mathematical constant that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, approximately equal to 3.14159. The number appears in many formulas across mathematics and physics. It is an irra ...

(August 1959 – August 1964) * (16 August 1968 – 1 December 1969) *

Chiang Ching-kuo Chiang Ching-kuo (27 April 1910 – 13 January 1988) was a politician of the Republic of China after its retreat to Taiwan. The eldest and only biological son of former president Chiang Kai-shek, he held numerous posts in the government ...

(16 August 1975 – 6 April 1980) * (7 April 1980 – 31 December 1983) * (1 January 1984 – 30 April 1987) * (1 May 1987 – 4 December 1989) * (5 December 1989 – 30 April 1992) *

Yeh Chang-tung Ye () is a Chinese-language surname. It is listed 257th in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames'', and is the 43rd most common surname in China, with a population of 5.8 million as of 2008 and 2019. Ye is usually romanized as ...

葉昌桐 (1 May 1992 – 30 April 1994) * (1 May 1994 – 30 June 1996) * (1 July 1996 – 31 January 1999) * (1 February 1999 – 7 May 2000)

National Defense University

* Hsia Ying-chou (8 May 2000 – 31 January 2002) * Chen Chen-hsiang (1 February 2002 – 31 August 2003) * (1 September 2003 – 31 May 2005) * Fei Hung-po 費鴻波 (1 June 2005 – 15 February 2006) *

Tseng Jing-ling Tseng Jing-ling (; born 14 September 1947) is a Taiwanese politician who served as a Republic of China Army general. He was the Minister of the Veterans Affairs Commission of the Executive Yuan from 2009 to 2013. Early career Tseng was born in ...

(16 February 2006 – 31 October 2008) * 1 November 2008 – 15 May 2011) * Adm.

Chen Yeong-kang Chen Yeong-kang () is an Admiral of the Republic of China (Taiwan). He was the 5th Commander of the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) from 1 August 2013 until 30 January 2015. On 17 March 2015, in an interview with '' Proceedings'' magazine of the U ...

(16 May 2011 – 31 August 2012) * Gen. Chiu Kuo-cheng (1 September 2012 – 31 July 2014) *

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(1 August 2014 – 31 October 2015) * (1 November 2015 – 31 March 2019) * Wang Shin-lung (1 April 2019 – 30 June 2021) *

Chang Che-ping Chang Che-ping (born December 1958) is a Taiwanese military officer Career Chang was born in Taoyuan, Taiwan. His parents move to Taiwan from Mainland China. His ancestral home from Lingling, Hunan. He completed his studies at the Republic o ...

(since 1 July 2021)

Transportation

The university is accessible South West from Yingge Station of Taiwan Railways.

Notable alumni

* Chen Chao-min, Minister of National Defense (2008-2009) *

Feng Shih-kuan Feng Shih-kuan (; born 25 November 1945) is a Taiwanese politician. He served in the Republic of China Air Force from 1967 to 2006, retiring with the rank of General before assuming the post of Minister of National Defense in 2016. Feng steppe ...

, Minister of National Defense (2016–2018) *

Lee Shying-jow Lee Shying-jow or Lee Hsiang-chou (; born 2 August 1952) is a Taiwanese general and diplomat. He is the incumbent Ambassador to Denmark, and was formerly the 4th Commanding General of the Republic of China Army (ROCA), 8th Deputy Minister of N ...

, Minister of

Veterans Affairs Council The Veterans Affairs Council (VAC; ) is a branch of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China ( Taiwan) with "responsibilities to assist in education assistance, employment assistance, medical care, home care and other general services" for reti ...

(2016–2018) *

, Minister of Veterans Affairs Council (2009–2013) *

Yang Kuo-chiang Yang Kuo-chiang or John K. Young (; born 5 March 1950) is a military personal of the Republic of China. He was the Director-General of the National Security Bureau in 2015–2016. Early life Yang graduated from Republic of China Military Acade ...

, Director-General of the National Security Bureau (2015–2016) * Gen SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, SBP, OSP, ndu, psc, PhD; Chief of Army Staff of

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(2021–Current)

References

External links

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