Chen Wu-hsiung
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Fan Chen-tsung
Chen Wu-hsiung | |
|---|---|
| 陳武雄 | |
| Minister of Council of Agriculture of the Republic of China | |
| In office 20 May 2008 – 6 February 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Su Chia-chyuan |
| Succeeded by | Chen Bao-ji |
| Deputy Minister of Council of Agriculture | |
| In office 1999–2002 | |
| Minister | Chen Hsi-huang Fan Chen-tsung |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 March 1944 |
| Party | Kuomintang |
| Education | National Chung Hsing University (BS, MS) University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PhD) National Chengchi University (MPA) |
Chen Wu-hsiung (Chinese: 陳武雄; pinyin: Chén Wǔxióng; born 11 March 1944) is a Taiwanese agricultural economist. He was the Minister of the Council of Agriculture of the Executive Yuan from 2008 to 2012.
Chen graduated from National Chung Hsing University with a Bachelor of Science in 1966 and a Master of Science in 1970, both in agricultural economics. He then completed doctoral studies in the United States, where he earned his Ph.D. in agricultural economics from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1980. His doctoral dissertation, completed under economist John Troy Scott, was titled, " An economic study on government rice stock operation in Taiwan".[1] In 1981, he earned a Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) from National Chengchi University.