Tung Pao-cheng or Dung Bau-tscheng (; born 1951) is a Taiwanese legal scholar and politician who was the

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

ese minister of Examination from 2012 to 2015.

Career

Tung Pao-cheng graduated from the Department of Law at

Soochow University Soochow University or Suzhou University may refer to: *Soochow University (1900–1952) (), a university in Suzhou (Soochow), Jiangsu, China *Soochow University (Taiwan) (, 1951–present), a university in Taipei, Taiwan, founded by faculty from th ...

. Subsequently, he pursued postgraduate study in the subject at the

University of Bonn The University of Bonn, officially the Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (), is a public research university in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the () on 18 October 1818 by Frederick Willi ...

in Germany, culminating in a Doctor of Laws degree, after which Tung returned to Taiwan and began teaching at Soochow. He then became a professor of law at

National Chengchi University National Chengchi University () is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. First established in Nanjing in 1927, the university was subsequently reestablished in 1954 in Taiwan as the first reestablished "National University". The u ...

. Beginning in September 2008, Tung served as a vice minister of examination. He succeeded

Lai Feng-wei Lai Feng-wei (; born 20 September 1953) is a Taiwanese politician and engineer. He was the Magistrate of Penghu County since 25 December 2018 after winning the 2018 municipality elections, ending his term after losing to former magistrate Che ...

as Minister of Examination in March 2012, following Lai's resignation the previous month. While in office, Tung commented favorably on the passage rate of older and better educated examinees, stating that having such test takers in the talent pool would improve the quality of public sector workers. In July 2013, Yeh Kou became the first passing examinee to file a lawsuit against the Ministry of Examination, then under Tung's leadership. In July 2014, Tung drew attention to qualified but unemployed lawyers in Taiwan, attributing the situation to the increase in legal studies programs, and the lowering of standards by the

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. Tung resigned as minister of examination in July 2015, yielding the office to Chiou Hwa-jiun. Tung later joined the faculty of Chinese Cultural University as a history professor. He then became chair professor of law and vice president of Soochow University.

Awards and honors

In April 2018, the

German Institute Taipei The German Institute Taipei (German language, German: Deutsches Institut Taipei); () is the List of diplomatic missions of Germany, overseas representative office of Germany in Taiwan, which promotes the non-diplomatic Germany–Taiwan relations, ...

awarded Tung the German-Taiwanese Friendship Medal.

References

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