Chao Shou-Po | |
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趙守博 | |
Governor of Taiwan Province | |
In office 21 December 1998 – 2 May 2000 |
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Preceded by | Position established |
Minister without Portfolio of the Executive Yuan | |
In office 15 May 1997 – 21 December 1998 |
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Secretary-General of Executive Yuan | |
In office 14 December 1993 – 1 September 1997 |
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Preceded by | Li Ho-kao |
Succeeded by | Chang Yu-hsui |
Minister of Council of Labor Affairs of the Republic of China | |
In office February 1989 – 1994 |
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Preceded by | Cheng Shuei-chih |
Succeeded by | Hsieh Shen-shan |
Personal details | |
Born |
1 March 1941 (age 76) Rokkō Town, Shōka District, Taichū Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan (modern-day Lukang, Changhua County, Taiwan) |
Nationality | Republic of China |
Political party | Kuomintang |
Alma mater |
Central Police University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Chao Shou-Po (Chinese: 趙守博; pinyin: Zhào Shǒubó, born 1 March 1941) is a politician, educator, a civic activist and lawyer in the Republic of China on Taiwan and a prominent leader in the World Scout Movement. He is now a Senior Advisor to the President of the Republic of China (Taiwan), a Presidium Member of the Central Advisory Committee of the Kuomintang (a long-time Ruling Party in Taiwan), a graduate school Professor of Law and Industrial Relations at several universities in Taiwan; Chao now is also the President of the Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Foundation Management Committee and the Chairman of the Foundation of the Scouts of China (Taiwan). Chao has served in the National Government of the Republic of China on Taiwan in several different capacities including Labor Minister, Secretary-General of the Cabinet, Minister without Portfolio and the Governor of the Province of Taiwan.
Chao Shou-Po was born in March 1941 to a farming family in the countryside in what is now Lukang Township, Changhua County, Taiwan. In 1945, Taiwan was transferred from Japanese rule to the Nationalist Government of China and in 1947 Chao started his education. He graduated from the Tsaokang Elementary School of Lukang Township in 1953. In the same year, through a very competitive entrance examination, he was admitted to and enrolled at the junior department of the very prestigious Taichung First High School in Taichung. In 1956 he finished his junior high school education and again through a highly competitive entrance examination he entered the senior department of the same Taichung First High School.