Education
National Taiwan University. Cornell University; Stanford University. Cornell University College of Engineering.
張善政
National Taiwan University. Cornell University; Stanford University. Cornell University College of Engineering.
He previously served as the Vice Premier from 8 December 2014 until 1 February 2016. On 25 January 2016, President Ma Ying-jeou appointed Chang as permanent Premier effective 1 February. Chang obtained his bachelor"s degree in civil engineering from National Taiwan University in 1976.
He then obtained his master"s degree in civil and environmental engineering from Stanford University in 1977 and doctoral degree in civil and environmental engineering from Cornell University in 1981 in the United States.
Upon graduation, Chang had served as a lecturer, associate professor and professor at the Department of Civil Engineering of the National Taiwan University in 1981-1990. He was the Director for National Center for High-Performance Computing in 1991-1997.
In 1998-2000, he was the Director for Department of Planning and Evaluation of National Science Council. Between 2000-2010, he worked for Acer Incorporated. as Vice President of the e-Enabling Service Business Group, and between 2010 and 2012, he worked for Google as the Director of Google"s hardware operation in Asia.
He was appointed as Minister without Portfolio of the Executive Yuan in 2012-2014.
On March 3, 2014, the National Science Council was promoted to the Ministry of Science and Technology, and Chang served as its first minister.
On December 8, 2014, at a reformation of Executive Yuan after the ruling party Chinese Nationalist Party losing the election, Chang became the Vice Premier.