Chang Hsiao-yueh | |
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| 張小月 | |
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| Chairwoman of theStraits Exchange Foundation | |
| In office 27 March 2018 – 5 June 2020 | |
| Deputy | Ko Cheng-heng Yao Jen-to[1] |
| Preceded by | Tien Hung-mao |
| Succeeded by | David Lee |
| 12thMinister of Mainland Affairs Council | |
| In office 20 May 2016 – 26 February 2018 | |
| Deputy | Chang Tien-chin,Chiu Chui-cheng,Lin Cheng-yi |
| Preceded by | Andrew Hsia |
| Succeeded by | Lin Cheng-yi (acting) Chen Ming-tong |
| Director of theCoordination Council for North American Affairs | |
| In office 1 January 2016 – 20 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | David Lee |
| Succeeded by | Tao Yi-fen |
| ROCRepresentative toAustralia | |
| In office December 2011 – 31 December 2014 | |
| Succeeded by | David Lee |
| ROCRepresentative to theUnited Kingdom | |
| In office December 2007 – December 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Edgar Lin |
| Succeeded by | Shen Lyu-shun |
| Vice Minister ofForeign Affairs of theRepublic of China | |
| In office April 2006 – December 2007 | |
| Minister | James C. F. Huang |
| ROCRepresentative to theNetherlands | |
| In office February 2003 – April 2006 | |
| Succeeded by | Larry Wang |
| ROCAmbassador toSaint Kitts and Nevis | |
| In office December 1997 – March 2001 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1953-02-12)12 February 1953 (age 72) |
| Nationality | Republic of China |
| Education | National Chengchi University (BA) Long Island University (MA) |
Chang Hsiao-yueh (Chinese:張小月;pinyin:Zhāng Xiǎoyuè; born 12 February 1953), also known by her English nameKatharine Chang, is a Taiwanese diplomat. She is the first female diplomat in Taiwan.
Chang obtained her bachelor's degree from the Department of Diplomacy ofNational Chengchi University. She then obtained her master's degree in international relations fromLong Island University in theUnited States.[2]
Chang began her diplomatic career in 1976. In January 1995, she was named leader of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Seattle, and became the first woman to serve as a representative of Taiwan. In 1997, Chang was appointed Taiwan's first woman ambassador when she accepted a post to St Kitts and Nevis and Dominica. Upon succeeding Henry Chen as director-general of the Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Chang became theMinistry of Foreign Affairs first spokeswoman.[3] She was theROC representative to theUnited Kingdom from 2007 to 2011 and toAustralia from 2011 to 2014.[4] The next year, she was appointed to lead theTaipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States.[5] In 2016, Chang was named the minister of theMainland Affairs Council.[6] She left the Mainland Affairs Council in February 2018, and succeededTien Hung-mao as leader of theStraits Exchange Foundation that March.[7] Chang was replaced at the SEF byDavid Lee on 5 June 2020.[8] Chang subsequently chaired theTaiwan–Hong Kong Economic and Cultural Co-operation Council.[9] In September of the same year, she began serving asTaiwanese representative to Austria.[10]
