Wu Chih-chung
吳志中
9th Taiwanese Representative to France
Assumed office
16 July 2018
MinisterJoseph Wu
Preceded byZhang Ming-zhong
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
20 May 2016 – 15 July 2018
MinisterDavid Lee
Joseph Wu
Succeeded byHsu Szu-chien[1]
Personal details
NationalityTaiwan
Alma materÉcole des Hautes Études Internationales Paris
Pantheon-Sorbonne University
Paris 8 University

Wu Chih-chung (Chinese: 吳志中; pinyin: Wú Zhìzhōng) is a Taiwanese politician. He has been the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Executive Yuan since 20 May 2016,[2] 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 as a Knight of the French National Order of Merit.

References

  1. ↑ Hou, Elaine; Yen, William (1 June 2018). "Foreign Ministry appoints new deputy foreign minister, France rep". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Chih-Chung Wu - Principal Officers - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) 中華民國外交部 - 全球資訊網英文網". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) 中華民國外交部 - 全球資訊網英文網.
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