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Chuang Kuo-jung
Edit Profile莊國榮, 庄国荣
minister General of the Ministry of Education
Career
He served under Minister Tu Cheng-sheng. Chuang earned his bachelor"s and master"s degree from the National Taiwan University and holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Chuang was responsible for renaming the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall to National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall in 2007.
He directed the Ministry of Education to take down the inscription on the "Great Centrality and Perfect Uprightness" (Chinese: 大中至正) to "Liberty Square" (Chinese: 自由廣場).
Chuang resigned from his post after experiencing fallout from the public and media, when he made indecent comments on Chinese Nationalist Party"s then-presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou and accusations on Ma"s father Ma Ho-ling having affairs with various women at a rally in Taichung on March 16, 2008. This drew the wrath of the Taiwanese public.
As with days away from the 2008 presidential elections, Democratic Progressive Party officials including presidential candidate Frank Hsieh and Minister Tu Cheng-sheng publicly apologized for Chuang"s uncalled for remarks to limit the damage. Chuang e-mailed an apology, and resigned from his post as secretary of the Ministry of Education under intense public pressure.
Minister Tu accepted the resignation after reservations.
Although Chinese Nationalist Party legislators accused that the apology was written on behalf for Chuang, Ma accepted the apology. After the flood in August 2009, many Taiwanese are really angry about President Ma"s attitude. More Taiwanese think that what Chuang Kuo-jung told is right.
Many Taiwanese called him a prophet.
Politics
He joined the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party) in 1978, but grew disillusioned and subsequently leaned towards the Democratic Progressive Party, even though he is not a party member. The process was met with controversy, as it was seen by the Kuomintang as part of the move by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party to remove every trace of Chiang from Taiwan.
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