Wu Tsung-tsong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 吳政忠 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1stMinister of Science and Technology Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 27 July 2022 – 20 May 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Premier | Su Tseng-chang Chen Chien-jen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Chen Tzong-chyuan Lin Minn-tsong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Himself (as the Minister of Science and Technology) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Wu Cheng-wen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1955-03-07)March 7, 1955 (age 70) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Independent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | National Taiwan University (BS) Cornell University (MS,PhD) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wu Tsung-tsong (Chinese:吳政忠;pinyin:Wú Zhèngzhōng; born March 7, 1955) is a Taiwanesemechanical engineer and academic who served asMinister without Portfolio and theMinister of Science and Technology Council ofTaiwan.
Wu was born in Taiwan on March 7, 1955. After graduating fromNational Tainan First Senior High School, he attendedNational Taiwan University (NTU) and graduated from NTU with aBachelor of Science (B.S.) in 1977 incivil engineering. He completed two years of military service in theRepublic of China Armed Forces and then became ateaching assistant in the NTU Department of Civil Engineering.[1]
In June 1981, Wu went to the United States to complete graduate studies in thewave theory of light andacoustic emission atCornell University inIthaca, New York.[1] He earned hisMaster of Science (M.S.) and hisPh.D. inanalytical mechanics andapplied mechanics from Cornell in 1983 and 1987, respectively.[2][3] His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Theory of Acoustoplasticity and Ultrasonic Measurements of Residual Stress,"[4] and was supervised by professorsWolfgang Sachse andYih-Hsing Pao.[1]
After receiving his doctorate, Wu became a professor at the Institute of Applied Mechanics ofNational Taiwan University.[5][6]
Wu served as deputy minister of theNational Science Council underChen Chien-jen.[7] He returned to public service as minister without portfolio specializing in technology-related policy upon the presidential inauguration ofTsai Ing-wen in 2016.[8] From this position, Wu commented on several aspects of digital infrastructure,[9] including the implementation of 5G telecommunications[10][11] and the proliferation of fake news online.[12] He served concurrently on the governmental Board of Science and Technology as a deputy convenor.[13] Wu was retained in his post whenWilliam Lai assumed the premiership in September 2017.[14] He remained asSu Tseng-chang replaced Lai in January 2019.[15][16] Wu succeededChen Liang-gee as minister of science and technology at the start of Tsai Ing-wen's second presidential term.[17][18]
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