Liu Chao-shiuan (; born 10 May 1943) is a

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educator and politician. He is a former president of the

National Tsing Hua University National Tsing Hua University (NTHU; ) is a public research university in Hsinchu City, Taiwan. National Tsing Hua University was first founded in Beijing. After the Chinese Civil War, the then-president of the university, Mei Yiqi, and othe ...

(1987–1993) and Soochow University (2004–2008) and a former

Premier of the Republic of China The Premier of the Republic of China, officially the President of the Executive Yuan ( Chinese: 行政院院長), is the head of the government of the Republic of China of Taiwan and leader of the Executive Yuan. The premier is nominally the ...

(2008–2009).

Early life

Liu was born in

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in 1943. He received his bachelor's degree from National Taiwan University in 1965, a master's from Université de Sherbrooke in 1968, and a Ph.D. from the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

in 1971. He earned all of his academic degrees in the field of

chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the elements that make up matter to the compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions: their composition, structure, proper ...

. Liu is also an author, and, together with two of his brothers, has published novels of ancient Chinese rovers practicing martial arts under a

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called "Shangguan Ding" (). Liu started to receive public attention when he was the President of National Tsing-hua University in Hsinchu before 1993. At that time, he and his school had just successfully hosted the annual unified college entrance examinations in Taiwan. He became the President of Soochow University in 2004. Liu's nephew is Citizen University founder Eric Liu, who was a White House speechwriter and policy adviser for President

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of the United States.

ROC Transportation Ministry

Liu was subsequently served as Minister of Transportation and Communications from 1993 to 1996.

ROC Vice Premiership

Liu next served as the Vice Premier from 1997 to 2000.

ROC Premiership

In April 2008, Liu was asked by current President

Ma Ying-jeou Ma Ying-jeou ( zh, 馬英九, born 13 July 1950) is a Hong Kong-born Taiwanese politician who served as president of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016. Previously, he served as justice minister from 1993 to 1996 and mayor of Taipei fro ...

to serve as the

. He accepted the post and his term as Premier took effect with Ma's incoming administration on 20 May 2008. Liu and his Cabinet resigned en masse on 10 September 2009, with Wu Den-yih succeeding the post of Premiership. Liu had suffered mounting criticism over the aftermath of Typhoon Morakot, and had initially tendered his resignation to President Ma in mid-August. Liu, however, was asked by President Ma to remain and oversee initial relief efforts as they were carried out. Liu said, during his resignation announcement, that 90% of subsidies have been distributed and 92% of those displaced have been temporarily relocated.

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Early life

ROC Transportation Ministry

ROC Vice Premiership

ROC Premiership

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