Wu Chih-chung
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Wu Chih-chung () is a
Taiwanese Taiwanese may refer to: * Taiwanese language, another name for Taiwanese Hokkien * Something from or related to Taiwan ( Formosa) * Taiwanese aborigines, the indigenous people of Taiwan * Han Taiwanese, the Han people of Taiwan * Taiwanese people, ...
politician. He has been the Deputy Minister of
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in the
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since 20 May 2016, and has later become the Diplomatic Representative from Taiwan in France since 16 July 2018.


Educational background

He has studied in Paris, France from 1989 to 1998 and has obtained his master's degree in diplomacy and his doctoral degree in political science from the Pantheon-Sorbonne University. After returning to Taiwan, he has worked as a professor at Soochow University in the Department of Political Science. His areas of expertise are geopolitics, diplomatic history, EU foreign policy, post-war world situation, French government and French politics.


Professional experience

Due to his experience and expertise of international relations and European affairs, he has been recruited by several public or private institutions for advisory positions, such as Taipei and Taichung City Government, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Education, etc. As the president and later the honorary president of Alliance Française in Taiwan, he has been relentlessly promoting the exchange between Taiwan and France. In 2014, he was appointed by the French President
François Hollande François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande (; born 12 August 1954) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2012 to 2017. He previously was First Secretary of the Socialist Party (PS) from 1997 to 2008, Mayor of Tulle from ...
as a Knight of the French National Order of Merit.


References

Living people 1965 births Soochow University (Taiwan) faculty Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite Taiwanese Ministers of Foreign Affairs {{Taiwan-politician-stub