Pan Wen-chung

Taiwanese educator and politician
Pan Wen-chung
潘文忠
27th and 30th Minister of Education
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 January 2019
Prime MinisterSu Tseng-chang
Chen Chien-jen
Deputy
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  • Fan Sun-lu
    Lio Mon-chi
    Lin Teng-chiao
Preceded byYao Leeh-ter (acting)
In office
20 May 2016 – 14 April 2018
Prime MinisterLin Chuan
William Lai
Deputy
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  • Chen Liang-gee
    Tsai Ching-hwa
    Lin Teng-chiao
Preceded byWu Se-hwa
Succeeded byYao Leeh-ter (acting)
Deputy Mayor of Taichung
In office
25 December 2014 – 19 May 2016
MayorLin Chia-lung
Personal details
Born (1962-11-28) 28 November 1962 (age 61)
Zhuangwei, Yilan County, Taiwan
NationalityTaiwan
Political partyIndependent
Alma materTaiwan Provincial Junior Teachers’ College
National Taiwan Normal University

Pan Wen-chung (Chinese: 潘文忠; pinyin: Pān Wénzhōng; Wade–Giles: Pʻan¹ Wên²-Chung¹; born 28 November 1962) is a Taiwanese educator and politician. He first served as Minister of Education from May 2016 to April 2018 and returned to the post in January 2019.

Education

Pan obtained his teaching certificate from Taiwan Provincial Junior Teachers’ College in 1983. He then obtained his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in education from National Taiwan Normal University in 1989, 1993 and 2003 respectively.[1]

Ministry of Education

Pan was named Minister of Education in April 2016, and took office on 20 May.[2] On 13 October 2016, Pan unveiled the Youth Employment Pilot Program at the Executive Yuan to help the low income high school graduates to college or careers in which those qualified will get a NT$5,000 monthly subsidy.[3] He resigned from the education ministry in April 2018, over the controversy regarding the selection of Kuan Chung-ming as president of National Taiwan University.[4][5] Pan was reappointed education minister in January 2019.[6]

References

  1. ^ 徐玉芳 (19 May 2016). "Minister of Education Wen-Chung Pan".
  2. ^ "Cabinet lineup for education, culture announced". Central News Agency.
  3. ^ "Minister unveils youth subsidy program - Taipei Times".
  4. ^ Lin, Sean (15 April 2018). "Minister quits over NTU controversy". Taipei Times. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  5. ^ Ku, Chuan; Chen, Chih-chung; Low, Y.F. (14 April 2018). "Education minister resigns over NTU president-elect appointment row". Central News Agency. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  6. ^ Chen, Yu-fu; Hetherington, William (14 January 2019). "Cabinet announces ministers, ideology". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
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