Clement Chang (; 15 March 1929 – 26 May 2018) was a Taiwanese academic and politician. He was president of

Tamkang University Tamkang University (TKU; ) is a private university in Tamsui District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. It was founded in 1950 as a junior college of English. Today it is a comprehensive university with 11 colleges that serves nearly 25,000 students ...

from 1964 to 1986, stepping down to serve three years as the chairman of the institution's board of trustees. Chang won his first election to the

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in 1969, and served as deputy speaker for three terms until 1981, when he was named speaker. In 1989, Chang was appointed to the

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as Minister of Transportation and Communications, and was succeeded by Eugene Chien in 1991. Chang was a founding editor of the ''

Journal of Futures Studies The ''Journal of Futures Studies'' (JFS) is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal in the discipline of futures studies. It is published by Tamkang University Press on behalf of the Graduate Institute of Futures Studies at Tamkang Universit ...

'' from November 1996 to his death at

National Taiwan University Hospital The National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH; ) is a medical facility located in the Zhongzheng District of Taipei, Taiwan. It started operations under Japanese rule in Daitōtei (today's Dadaocheng) on 18 June 1895, and moved to its present ...

on 26 May 2018, aged 89.

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1929 births 2018 deaths Ministers of transportation and communications of Taiwan St. John's University, Shanghai alumni University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni Academic staff of Tamkang University Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Yilan County, Taiwan Academic journal editors Futurologists Presidents of universities and colleges in Taiwan Speakers of the Taipei City Council University and college founders Taiwanese founders {{Taiwan-politician-stub