Chen Der-hwa

Chen Der-hwa (Chinese: 陳德華; pinyin: Chén Déhuá) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Political Deputy Minister of Education from 22 October 2013 until 16 August 2014 with a brief stint as Minister of Education on 14–29 July 2014 after Chiang Wei-ling resigned due to alleged academic fraud.[4] His appointment to Political Deputy Minister had also come in the wake of the sudden resignation of another predecessor, Chen I-hsing.[2] He had been the Administrative Deputy Minister from June 2012 until October 2013.[5]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.
Chen Der-hwa
陳德華
Political Deputy Minister of Education of the Republic of China
In office
30 July 2014 – 16 August 2014
MinisterWu Se-hwa
Administrative DeputyLin Shu-chen
Succeeded byLucia Lin[1]
Minister of Education of the Republic of China
(acting)
In office
14 July 2014 – 29 July 2014
Political DeputyHuang Pi-twan
Administrative DeputyLin Shu-chen
Preceded byChiang Wei-ling
Succeeded byWu Se-hwa
Political Deputy Minister of Education of the Republic of China
In office
22 October 2013[2] – 14 July 2014
MinisterChiang Wei-ling
Administrative DeputyLin Shu-chen
Preceded byChen I-hsing
Administrative Deputy Minister of Education of the Republic of China
In office
June 2012 – 22 October 2013
MinisterChiang Wei-ling
Political DeputyHuang Pi-twan, Chen I-hsing
Succeeded byLin Shu-chen[3]
Personal details
NationalityRepublic of China
Alma materNational Taiwan Normal University
National Chengchi University

Education

Chen obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in 1983 and 1987, respectively, from National Taiwan Normal University. He then obtained his doctoral's degree from National Chengchi University in education in 2000.

Early career

Chen started his career in 1988 at the Ministry of Education by becoming the Section Chief of the Department of Higher Education in July 1988 until January 1994. He then became the Senior Specialist of the Council of Academic Reviewal and Evaluation in January 1994 until December 1997. Afterwards, he became the Deputy Director of the Department of Higher Education in December 1997 until May 2000. In May-October 2000, he became the Senior Inspector of the Inspector Office. In October 2000 until September 2002, he became the Director-General of the Department of Technological and Vocational Education. He then became the Senior Inspector and Executive Secretary of the Educational Research Committee in September 2002 until May 2004. Afterwards, he became the Director-General of the Department of Higher Education in May 2004 until March 2007. Finally he became the Counselor of Counselors Office in March 2007 until June 2012.[6]

References
  1. "MAC official resigns two jobs for 'family reasons' - Taipei Times". taipeitimes.com. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  2. "Kuomintang News Network". Kmt.org.tw. 2013-10-23. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  3. "New deputy ministers of defense, education, indigenous affairs named(行政院全球資訊網 - PDA(英文版)-Press Releases)". Ey.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  4. "Premier accepts minister's resignation over academic scandal | Politics | FOCUS TAIWAN - CNA ENGLISH NEWS". focustaiwan.tw. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  5. "Minister and Deputy Ministers : Administrative Deputy Minister : Chen, Der-hwa Ph. D." English.moe.gov.tw. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  6. http://english.moe.gov.tw/content.asp?CuItem=13811


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