Chang Hsien-yao | |
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張顯耀 | |
Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the Straits Exchange Foundation | |
In office 7 February 2014 – 16 August 2014 |
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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 |
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Minister | Wang Yu-chi |
Succeeded by | Lin Chu-chia |
Political Deputy Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council | |
In office February 2012 – 2 September 2013 |
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Minister | Wang Yu-chi |
Succeeded by | Wu Mei-hung |
Personal details | |
Born | 6 November 1963 |
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.