Ting Mao-shih (; born 10 October 1925) is a Taiwanese diplomat and politician. Ting attended the University of Paris and began working for the Central News Agency in 1956. He left two years later for the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral r ...

and began his diplomatic career. He was named a special adviser to the president after Chen Shui-bian was elected to the office in 2000, but chose to retire via resignation in August of that year. Ting served on a committee set up to investigate the 3-19 shooting incident of 2004, and was an adviser to Chen's successor

Ma Ying-jeou Ma Ying-jeou ( zh, t=馬英九; pinyin: ''Mǎ Yīngjiǔ''; ; born 13 July 1950) is a Taiwanese politician, lawyer, and legal scholar who served as the sixth president of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016. A member of the Kuomintang (KMT ...

starting in 2011.

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1925 births Living people Republic of China politicians from Yunnan Ministers of foreign affairs of Taiwan University of Paris alumni Taiwanese journalists Senior advisors to President Chen Shui-bian Senior advisors to President Ma Ying-jeou Taiwanese people from Yunnan Representatives of Taiwan to the United States Taiwanese expatriates in France {{Taiwan-diplomat-stub