Chao-Shiuan Liu

Minister of Transportation and Communication (1993– 1996), Vice Premier of the Republic of China, Taiwan (1997–2000) and Premier of Taiwan (2008–2009). He received a MS in Chemistry from the Universite de Sherbrooke, Canada (1968) and a PhD. in Chemistry from the University of Toronto, Canada (1971). He is Professor, a Department Chair, Dean and President at the National Tsing Hua University as well as the President of the Soochow University and President of the Association of Private Universities and Colleges. In 1979, he became the Director of the Division of Planning and Evaluation for the National Science Council, Executive Yuan and also served as the Deputy Minister and Minister of the NScC.