Chen Liang-gee (Chinese: 陳良基; pinyin: Chén Liángjī; born 23 September 1956) is a Taiwanese engineer and politician who served as Minister of Science and Technology from 8 February 2017 to 20 May 2020.
Chen Liang-gee | |
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| 陳良基 | |
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| 4th Minister Science and Technology | |
| In office 8 February 2017 – 19 May 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Lin Chuan William Lai Su Tseng-chang |
| Deputy | See list |
| Preceded by | Yang Hung-duen |
| Succeeded by | Wu Tsung-tsong |
| Political Deputy Minister of Education | |
| In office 20 May 2016 – 7 February 2017 | |
| Minister | Pan Wen-chung |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 September 1956 Baozhong, Yunlin, Taiwan |
| Nationality | Republic of China |
| Education | National Cheng Kung University (BS, MS, PhD) |
Early life and education
editChen was born in September 1956. He comes from a rural, peanut-farming family.[1] Chen obtained his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree in electrical engineering from National Cheng Kung University in 1979, 1981 and 1986 respectively.[2]
Academic career
editChen is a professor of electrical engineering at National Taiwan University. He does research on video coding, circuits, chips, algorithms, and signal processing. From 2009 to 2012, he was deputy dean of college of EECS. From 2013 to 2016, he was the EVP of academic and research at National Taiwan University. Chen is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers from 2001.[3]
Political career
editChen was appointed deputy minister of education on 20 April 2016 by Premier-designate Lin Chuan.[4] In February 2017, Chen was named Minister of Science and Technology.[5] As technology minister, Chen supported the Tsai Ing-wen administration's Forward-looking Infrastructure Construction Project, and sought to expand the use of educational technology and artificial intelligence in Taiwan.[6][7] Chen remained technology minister under Lin and his successors William Lai and Su Tseng-chang.[8] Chen resigned his post on 14 May 2020.[9][10]
References
edit- ^ "全國中小學科展 科技部長陳良基首次返鄉演講". Yunlin County Government. 2017-07-25. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ 徐玉芳 (19 May 2016). "Political Deputy Minister Chen,Liang-Gee".
- ^ Chen's personal website
- ^ Chao, Stephanie (21 April 2016). "Tsai's education & culture ministers, others revealed". The China Post. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- ^ Su, Fang-ho; Chiang, Chih-hsiung; Lee, Hsin-fang; Chung, Jake (4 February 2017). "Cabinet reshuffle sees four new names". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ Huang, Jennifer; Wu, Po-wei (3 April 2017). "INTERVIEW: Minister says role is to be 'trailblazer' for technology". Taipei Times. Translated by Chung, Jake. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ^ "INTERVIEW: Science minister wants to attract 3,000 AI experts". Taipei Times. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ^ Chen, Yu-fu; Hetherington, William (14 January 2019). "Cabinet announces ministers, ideology". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ Wang, Flor; Wang, Cheng-chung; Yu, Matt (14 May 2020). "Cabinet resigns en masse ahead of reshuffle". Central News Agency. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ Lin, Sean (15 May 2020). "Minor Cabinet reshuffle in the works". Taipei Times. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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