Chen Ming-tong


Chen Ming-tong is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan from 2007 to 2008, and was reappointed to the position in 2018.

Education

Chen obtained his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in political science from National Taiwan University in 1979, 1981 and 1991, respectively.

Early careers

Chen worked as a researcher in the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission of the Taipei City Government in 1983-1984. After finishing his doctoral degree, he worked as associate professor followed by professor at the Graduate Institute of National Development of NTU from 1992 to 2000.

Political careers

He led the Mainland Affairs Council between 2007 and 2008, then returned to NTU. In 2018, he succeeded Katharine Chang as MAC minister.