Transport engineer and the last Kuomintang premier of the Ma Ying-jeou administration
Born in Fenghua, Zhejiang, in 1948, he was taken to Taiwan as an infant and grew up in Taichung; he is a relative of Mao Fumei, Chiang Kai-shek's first wife. He studied civil engineering at National Cheng Kung University, took a doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and taught at National Chiao Tung University. From 1987 he worked in the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, heading the Tourism Bureau and the high-speed rail preparatory office and serving as deputy minister, chaired Chunghwa Telecom, and was minister of transportation from 2008 to 2013. He became vice premier in 2013 and succeeded Jiang Yi-huah as premier in December 2014, resigning in January 2016 after the Kuomintang lost the presidential and legislative elections. He is the last premier born on the mainland.
Also known as: Mao Zhiguo
Activities and affiliations
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1993–2000
Republic of China state institutionsAdministrative Deputy Minister of Transportation and Communications
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2008–2013
Republic of China state institutionsMinister of Transportation and Communications
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2013–2014
Republic of China state institutionsVice Premier
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2014–2016
Republic of China state institutionsPresident of the Executive YuanHeads of state, government and party of ChinaMain
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Political and party leadership
Career Timeline
- 1982–1987Associate professor and professor at National Chiao Tung University; chair of management science
- 1987.06.30–1989.01.01Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications
- 1989.01.01–1991.09.02Director-General of the Tourism Bureau
- 1991.09.02–1993.03.12Director of the High Speed Rail Preparatory Office
- 1993.05.14–1994.09.17Director-General of the Civil Aeronautics Administration
- 1994.09.17–2000.05.20Administrative Deputy Minister of Transportation and Communications
- 2000.08.21–2003.01Chairman of Chunghwa Telecom
- 2006–2008Dean of the College of Management, National Chiao Tung University
- 2008.05.20–2013.02.18Minister of Transportation and Communications
- 2013.02.18–2014.12.08Vice Premier
- 2014.12.08–2016.02.01President of the Executive Yuan