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Huang Chen-tai

Huang Chen-tai
黃鎮台
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Commissioner of the Chinese Professional Baseball League
In office
12 March 2012 – 25 July 2014
Preceded by Chao Shou-po
Succeeded by Hsieh Chih-peng (acting)
John Wu
President of Soochow University
In office
2008–2011
Preceded by Liu Chao-shiuan
Succeeded by Pan Wei-ta
Minister of the National Science Council
In office
5 February 1998 – 19 May 2000
Preceded by Liu Chao-shiuan
Succeeded by Weng Cheng-yi
President of Feng Chia University
In office
1 August 1995 – 4 February 1998
Preceded by Yang Chun-chung
Succeeded by Liu An-chi
Vice Minister of Education
In office
1994–1995
Minister Kuo Wei-fan
Vice Minister of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission
In office
1991–1994
Minister Ma Ying-jeou
Sun Te-hsiung
Wang Jen-huong
Preceded by Sun Te-hsiung
Personal details
Born (1948-10-17)17 October 1948
Tainan, Taiwan
Political party Kuomintang
Alma mater National Taiwan University
University of Virginia
Columbia University

Huang Chen-tai (Chinese: 黃鎮台; born 17 October 1948) is a Taiwanese educator and politician. He was vice minister of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission from 1991 to 1994, before assuming the same position at the Ministry of Education until 1995. Subsequently, he was named president of Feng Chia University, where he served until his 1998 appointment as minister of the National Science Council. Huang stepped down from the position in 2000 and became active in the John Tung Foundation. In 2008, Huang left the FCU faculty and became the president of Soochow University. He was named commissioner of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in 2012 and served until his resignation in 2014.

Huang earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from National Taiwan University and completed advanced studies at the University of Virginia and Columbia University in the United States. He did postdoctoral work at Princeton University and the University of Chicago. Upon his return to Taiwan, Huang joined the faculty of National Tsing Hua University, where he taught chemistry from 1979 to 1991, while also working for the National Science Council and Ministry of Education. In 1991, Huang became vice minister of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission, and joined the Ministry of Education in the same capacity in 1994. The next year, Huang was appointed president of Feng Chia University.


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