Yang Tzu-pao
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| 楊子葆 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acting 6 May 2008 – 20 May 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Chang Chun-hsiung | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | James C. F. Huang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Francisco Ou | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 August 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Democratic Progressive Party | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | National Taiwan University (BS, MS) École nationale des ponts et chaussées (PhD) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yang Tzu-pao (simplified Chinese: 杨子葆; traditional Chinese: 楊子葆; pinyin: Yáng Zibǎo; Wade–Giles: Yang2 Tzŭ3-pao3; born 8 August 1963) is a Taiwanese politician, engineer, and diplomat. He was the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs[citation needed] in 2008, Deputy Minister of Culture in 2016-2018 and Representative to Ireland from 2018 to 2025.[1][2][3][4][5]
Yang was born in Hualien County in 1963. He graduated from National Taiwan University with a bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering in 1986 and a master's degree in civil engineering in 1989. He then earned his Ph.D. in engineering from École nationale des ponts et chaussées in France in 1996.[6] His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Bilan financier de l'automatisation intégrale des transports collectifs urbains" (English: Financial assessment of the integral automation of urban public transport).[7]
Early career
Upon his doctoral degree education completion, Yang was invited as project manager to participate in the feasibility study of the interoceanic railway in Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. After working there for three months, Yang joined a transportation planning company THI Consultants as chief engineer.[8]
