Chen Der-hwa

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.
Chen Der-hwa
陳德華
Political Deputy Minister of Education of the Republic of China
In office
30 July 2014 – 16 August 2014
MinisterWu Se-hwa
Administrative DeputyLin Shu-chen
Succeeded byLucia Lin[1]
Minister of Education of the Republic of China
(acting)
In office
14 July 2014 – 29 July 2014
Political DeputyHuang Pi-twan
Administrative DeputyLin Shu-chen
Preceded byChiang Wei-ling
Succeeded byWu Se-hwa
Political Deputy Minister of Education of the Republic of China
In office
22 October 2013[2] – 14 July 2014
MinisterChiang Wei-ling
Administrative DeputyLin Shu-chen
Preceded byChen I-hsing
Administrative Deputy Minister of Education of the Republic of China
In office
June 2012 – 22 October 2013
MinisterChiang Wei-ling
Political DeputyHuang Pi-twan, Chen I-hsing
Succeeded byLin Shu-chen[3]
Personal details
NationalityRepublic of China
Alma materNational Taiwan Normal University
National Chengchi University

Chen Der-hwa (traditional Chinese: 陳德華; simplified Chinese: 陈德华; pinyin: Chén Déhuá) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Political Deputy Minister of Education from 22 October 2013 until 16 August 2014 with a brief stint as Minister of Education on 14–29 July 2014 after Chiang Wei-ling resigned due to alleged academic fraud.[4] His appointment to Political Deputy Minister had also come in the wake of the sudden resignation of another predecessor, Chen I-hsing.[2] He had been the Administrative Deputy Minister from June 2012 until October 2013.[5]

  1. ^ "MAC official resigns two jobs for 'family reasons' - Taipei Times". taipeitimes.com. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  2. ^ a b "Kuomintang News Network". Kmt.org.tw. 2013-10-23. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  3. ^ "New deputy ministers of defense, education, indigenous affairs named(行政院全球資訊網 - PDA(英文版)-Press Releases)". Ey.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  4. ^ "Premier accepts minister's resignation over academic scandal | Politics | FOCUS TAIWAN - CNA ENGLISH NEWS". focustaiwan.tw. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  5. ^ "Minister and Deputy Ministers : Administrative Deputy Minister : Chen, Der-hwa Ph. D." English.moe.gov.tw. Retrieved 2013-09-08.