Wu Chih-chung

Wu Chih-chung
Wu Chih-chung
	吳志中
ROC Representative to France
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 16 July 2018
Preceded by	Zhang Ming-zhong
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the ROC
	In office; 20 May 2016 – 15 July 2018
Minister	David Lee; Joseph Wu
Succeeded by	Hsu Szu-chien[1]
Personal details
Nationality	Republic of China
Alma mater	École des Hautes Études Internationales Paris; Pantheon-Sorbonne University; Paris 8 University

Wu Chih-chung (Chinese: 吳志中; pinyin: Wú Zhìzhōng) is a Taiwanese politician. He has been the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Executive Yuan since 20 May 2016,[2] and has later become the Diplomatic Representative from Taiwan in France since 16 July 2018.

Educational background

He has studied in Paris, France from 1989 to 1998 and has obtained his master's degree in diplomacy and his doctoral degree in political science from the Pantheon-Sorbonne University. After returning to Taiwan, he has worked as a professor at Soochow University in the Department of Political Science. His areas of expertise are geopolitics, diplomatic history, EU foreign policy, post-war world situation, French government and French politics.

Professional experience

Due to his experience and expertise of international relations and European affairs, he has been recruited by several public or private institutions for advisory positions, such as Taipei and Taichung City Government, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Education, etc.

As the president and later the honorary president of Alliance Française in Taiwan, he has been relentlessly promoting the exchange between Taiwan and France. In 2014, he was appointed by the French President François Hollande as a Knight of the French National Order of Merit.

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References

Hou, Elaine; Yen, William (1 June 2018). "Foreign Ministry appoints new deputy foreign minister, France rep". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
"Chih-Chung Wu - Principal Officers - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) 中華民國外交部 - 全球資訊網英文網". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) 中華民國外交部 - 全球資訊網英文網.

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[1] Hou, Elaine; Yen, William (1 June 2018). "Foreign Ministry appoints new deputy foreign minister, France rep". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

[2] "Chih-Chung Wu - Principal Officers - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) 中華民國外交部 - 全球資訊網英文網". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) 中華民國外交部 - 全球資訊網英文網.