Tsay Ting-kuei

Tsay Ting-kuei
蔡丁貴
Tsay Ting-kuei in May 2014
Born (1949-03-24) March 24, 1949 (age 75)
Citizenship
  • Republic of China
  • United States (1990–2002)
EducationNational Cheng Kung University (BS)
Cornell University (PhD)
Political partyFree Taiwan Party (2015–)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese蔡丁贵
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinCài Dīngguì
Gwoyeu RomatzyhTsay Dingguey
Wade–GilesTs'ai4 Ting1-kwei4
Southern Min
Hokkien POJChhòa Teng-kùi

Tsay Ting-kuei (Chinese: 蔡丁貴; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhòa Teng-kùi; born 24 March 1949) is a Taiwanese civil engineering professor, political activist, and former government official. A professor at National Taiwan University in Taipei, he has conducted research in areas including coastal engineering and computational hydraulics. In politics, he served in various positions in the Chen Shui-bian administration in the mid-2000s, and rose to greater prominence for his protests in support of the Taiwan independence movement.