Chuang Kuo-jung

Chuang Kuo-jung
Chuang Kuo-jung
Personal details
Born 1960
Tainan, Taiwan
Alma mater National Taiwan University
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Chuang Kuo-jung (traditional Chinese: 莊國榮; simplified Chinese: 庄国荣; pinyin: Zhuāng Guóróng; Wade–Giles: Chuāng Kuó-júng; born 1960) is a former Secretary-General of the Ministry of Education in Taiwan. He served under Minister Tu Cheng-sheng.

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Early life

Chuang earned his bachelor's and master's degree from the National Taiwan University and holds a Ph.D from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich,.[1] He joined the Kuomintang (KMT) in 1978, but grew disillusioned and subsequently leaned towards the Democratic Progressive Party, even though he is not a party member.[2]

Political career

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). 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.[3][4]

Resignation and aftermath

Chuang resigned from his post after experiencing fallout from the public and media, when he made indecent comments on KMT'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.[1][3] 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.[5][6] Minister Tu accepted the resignation after reservations. Although KMT legislators accused that the apology was written on behalf for Chuang, Ma accepted the apology.[7]

See also

  • Taiwanese localization movement

References


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