Tu Cheng-sheng

Tu Cheng-sheng
杜正勝
Minister Tu in 2007
22nd Minister of Education of the Republic of China
In office
20 May 2004 – 20 May 2008
Director of National Palace Museum
In office
20 May 2000 – 20 May 2004
Personal details
Born (1944-06-10) June 10, 1944 (age 80)
Mida Village, Okayama District, Takao Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (vic. modern-day Mituo District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
EducationNational University of Tainan
National Taiwan University (BA, MA)
Tu Cheng-sheng
Traditional Chinese杜正勝
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDù Zhèngshèng
Wade–GilesTu4 Cheng4-sheng4
IPA[tû ʈʂə̂ŋʂə̂ŋ]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJTō͘ Chèng-sèng

Tu Cheng-sheng (Chinese: 杜正勝; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tō͘ Chèng-sèng; born 10 June 1944) is a Taiwanese politician and historian. Tu served as the minister of education of the Republic of China during Chen Shui-bian's second term as president.[1]