Wu Mi-cha

Wu Mi-cha
吳密察
Wu in 2017
Director of the National Palace Museum
In office
15 February 2019 – 31 January 2023
Preceded byChen Chi-nan
Lee Ching-hui (acting)
Succeeded byHsiao Tsung-huang
Director of Academia Historica
In office
20 May 2016 – 13 February 2019
Preceded byLu Fang-shang [zh]
Succeeded byHo Chih-lin (acting)
Chen Yi-shen [zh]
Director of the National Museum of Taiwan History
In office
March 2007 – 1 August 2008
Succeeded byLu Li-cheng [zh]
Vice Chairman of the Council for Cultural Affairs
In office
5 February 2001 – 20 May 2004
MinisterTchen Yu-chiou [zh]
Preceded byLuo Wen-jia
Succeeded byWu Chin-fa
Personal details
Born (1956-03-22) 22 March 1956 (age 68)
Beimen, Tainan, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party (since 2002)
EducationNational Taiwan University (BA)
University of Tokyo (PhD)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWú Mìchá
Southern Min
Hokkien POJNgô͘ Bi̍t-chhat

Wu Mi-cha (Chinese: 吳密察; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ngô͘ Bi̍t-chhat; born 22 March 1956) is a Taiwanese historian. He was the vice chairman of the Council for Cultural Affairs from 2001 to 2004, after which he became director of the National Museum of Taiwan History. In May 2016, Wu was appointed head of Academia Historica, serving until February 2019, when he was named Director of the National Palace Museum. He stepped down from the NPM in January 2023.