Chang Chen-yuan

Chang Chen-yuan

Chang Chen-yuan (Chinese: 張政源; pinyin: Zhāng Zhèngyuán), also known by his English name Michael Chang, is a Taiwanese politician.

He graduated from the Department of Transportation and Logistics Management at National Chiao Tung University with a doctorate and served as station master at Taipei Main Station from 1987 to 1991.[1] Chang later successively assumed several public service posts relating to public transportation and tourism.[2] Such positions included leading the tourism division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York,[3][4] a stint as director of the Southwest Coast National Scenic Area,[5] and within Tainan City Government as municipal Bureau of Transportation director and the city's deputy mayor under William Lai.[2][6]

Chang became political deputy minister of transportation and communications after Lai assumed the premiership. As a result of the derailment of a Puyuma express train in October 2018, Taiwan Railways Administration Director-General Lu Chieh-shen resigned.[7] Chang was appointed to the TRA on 25 October and stepped down at the Ministry of Transportation and Communications to succeed Lu.[8] Chang began his tenure as TRA director-general on 9 November 2018.[9]

  1. ^ Shan, Shelley (30 October 2018). "Vice minister is new TRA chief". Taipei Times. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b Yang, Sophia (30 October 2018). "MOTC Political Deputy Minister Chang Chen-yuan tapped as new TRA head". Taiwan News. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  3. ^ "More Americans visited Taiwan this year". Taipei Times. 22 December 2004. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Ad for Taiwan airs in New York City's Times Square". Taipei Times. 26 December 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Tainan's Christmas tree celebrates city's salt past". Taipei Times. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  6. ^ Hung, Jui-ching; Chin, Jonathan (24 November 2015). "Traffic lights that yield to buses launched in Tainan". Taipei Times. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  7. ^ Ku, Chuan (25 October 2018). "Resignation of TRA head over deadly train crash approved". Central News Agency. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  8. ^ Lee, Hsin-Yin. "Deputy transportation minister named as new TRA head". China Post. Central News Agency. Archived from the original on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018. Alt URL
  9. ^ Lee, Hsin-Yin (9 November 2018). "New TRA head vows to improve safety of train travel". Central News Agency. Retrieved 9 November 2018.