Yang Tzu-pao (; born 8 August 1963) is a Taiwanese politician and diplomat. He was the Deputy Minister of
Culture
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in 2016-2018 and incumbent
Representative to
Ireland
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since 2018.
Early life
Yang was born in
Hualien County
Hualien County ( Mandarin Wade–Giles: Hua¹-lien² Hsien⁴; Pīnyīn: ''Huālián Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-koān'' or ''Hoa-liân-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Fâ-lièn-yen''; Amis: ''Kalingko'') is a county on the east coast of Taiwan. I ...
in 1963. He obtained his bachelor's degree in agriculture engineering in 1986 and master's degree in civil engineering in 1989 from
National Taiwan University
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The university was founded in 1928 during Japanese rule as the seventh of the Imperial Universities. It was named Taihoku Imperial University and served d ...
. He then obtained his doctoral degree in engineering from
École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
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* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
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in
France
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in 1996.
Early careers
Upon his doctoral degree education completion, Yang was invited as project manager to participate in the feasibility study of the interoceanic railway in
Nigaragua,
Honduras
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,
Guatemala
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and
El Salvador
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. After working there for three months, Yang joined a transportation planning company THI Consultants as chief engineer.
Political careers
In 1999, Yang was invited by
Hsinchu City Mayor James Tsai to be his deputy.
See also
*
Culture of Taiwan
The culture of Taiwan is a blend of Confucian Chinese and indigenous Taiwanese cultures. Despite the overwhelming traditional Chinese influence, Japanese culture has influenced Taiwanese culture as well. The common socio-political experience i ...
References
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Living people
1963 births
Deputy mayors of Hsinchu
Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Hualien County
Representatives of Taiwan to France
Representatives of Taiwan to Ireland
Taiwanese Ministers of Foreign Affairs
Taiwanese civil engineers