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Chang Hsien-yao

Chang Hsien-yao
張顯耀
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Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the Straits Exchange Foundation
In office
7 February 2014 – 16 August 2014
Chairman Lin Join-sane
Deputy Ma Shaw-chang
Preceded by Kao Koong-lian
Succeeded by Shih Hui-fen
Special Deputy Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Republic of China
In office
2 September 2013 – 16 August 2014
Minister Wang Yu-chi
Succeeded by Lin Chu-chia
Political Deputy Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council
In office
February 2012 – 2 September 2013
Minister Wang Yu-chi
Succeeded by Wu Mei-hung
Personal details
Born (1963-11-06) 6 November 1963 (age 53)
Nationality Taiwanese
Political party Kuomintang
Alma mater Central Police University
Tamkang University
Université de Paris I

Chang Hsien-yao or Vincent Chang (Chinese: 張顯耀; pinyin: Zhāng Xiǎnyào) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Special Deputy Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan in September 2013 until August 2014 and concurrently as the Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) in February 2014 until August 2014.

Chang studied in Université de Paris I in France from a Kuomintang scholarship.

Upon graduation, he returned to Taiwan and worked at the National Security Council. Chang had been teaching at Taiwanese universities as assistant professor at Nanhua University, Central Police University and Chinese Culture University.

In 2000, he joined People First Party (PFP) and ever since had been working closely with the party Chairman, James Soong, serving as the Director of the policy center of PFP.

In 2005, he arranged the meeting between Soong with then-General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Hu Jintao after communicating with the then-Director of Taiwan Affairs Office Chen Yunlin.

Before joining Mainland Affairs Council in 2012, Chang served for the National Security Council.


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