National Defense University (NDU; ) is a

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located in

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Taoyuan City Taoyuan () is a special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality of the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan) located in northwestern Taiwan, neighboring New Taipei City to the north-east, Yilan County, Taiwan, Yilan County to the south-e ...

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History

The university was established in May 2000 by merging Armed Forces University, National Defense Management College, Chung Cheng Institute of Technology, and

National Defense Medical Center National Defense Medical Center (NDMC; ) is a Military of the Republic of China, ROC military affiliated medical school in Taipei, Taiwan. The NDMC is responsible for the training of military doctors, nurses and other medical personnel. Histor ...

Colleges

* War College * Army Command and Staff College * Naval Command and Staff College * Air Command and Staff College * Political Warfare College * Management College * Institute of Technology

List of presidents

Armed Forces University

Pi Tsung-gan The number (; spelled out as "pi") is a mathematical constant that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, approximately equal to 3.14159. The number appears in many formulas across mathematics and physics. It is an i ...

(August 1959 – August 1964) * (16 August 1968 – 1 December 1969) *

Chiang Ching-kuo Chiang Ching-kuo (27 April 1910 – 13 January 1988) was a politician of the Republic of China after its Retreat of the Republic of China to Taiwan, retreat to Taiwan. The eldest and only biological son of former president Chiang Kai-she ...

(16 August 1975 – 6 April 1980) * (7 April 1980 – 31 December 1983) * (1 January 1984 – 30 April 1987) * (1 May 1987 – 4 December 1989) * (5 December 1989 – 30 April 1992) *

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葉昌桐 (1 May 1992 – 30 April 1994) * (1 May 1994 – 30 June 1996) * (1 July 1996 – 31 January 1999) * (1 February 1999 – 7 May 2000)

National Defense University

* Hsia Ying-chou (8 May 2000 – 31 January 2002) *

Chen Chen-hsiang Chen Chen-hsiang (; born 10 October 1942) is a Taiwanese politician and a retired army general. He served as the Army Commander-in-chief before retirement, and elected into the Eighth Legislative Yuan from 2012 to 2016 and has been the Vice Chair ...

(1 February 2002 – 31 August 2003) * (1 September 2003 – 31 May 2005) * Fei Hung-po 費鴻波 (1 June 2005 – 15 February 2006) * Tseng Jing-ling (16 February 2006 – 31 October 2008) * 1 November 2008 – 15 May 2011) * Adm. Chen Yeong-kang (16 May 2011 – 31 August 2012) * Gen.

Chiu Kuo-cheng Chiu Kuo-cheng (; born 12 April 1953) is a Taiwanese politician and retired general of the Republic of China Army. He is the current Minister of National Defense. He was the Director-General of the National Security Bureau from 24 July 2019 to 22 ...

(1 September 2012 – 31 July 2014) *

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(1 August 2014 – 31 October 2015) * (1 November 2015 – 31 March 2019) * Wang Shin-lung (1 April 2019 – 30 June 2021) * Chang Che-ping (since 1 July 2021)

Transportation

The university is accessible South West from

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of Taiwan Railways.

Notable alumni

* Chen Chao-min, Minister of

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(2008-2009) *

Feng Shih-kuan Feng Shih-kuan (; born 25 November 1945) is a Taiwanese politician. He served in the Republic of China Air Force from 1967 to 2006, retiring with the rank of General before assuming the post of Minister of National Defense in 2016. Feng stepped ...

, Minister of National Defense (2016–2018) * Lee Shying-jow, Minister of

Veterans Affairs Council The Veterans Affairs Council (VAC; ) is a branch of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan) with "responsibilities to assist in education assistance, employment assistance, medical care, home care and other general services" for retir ...

(2016–2018) * Tseng Jing-ling, Minister of Veterans Affairs Council (2009–2013) * Yang Kuo-chiang, Director-General of the National Security Bureau (2015–2016) * Gen

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, SBP, OSP, ndu, psc, PhD; Chief of Army Staff of

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(2021–Current)

References

External links

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