Chen Liang-gee
{{Short description|Taiwanese engineer and politician}}
{{Family name hatnote|Chen|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Chen Liang-gee
| native_name = {{no bold|{{lang|zh|陳良基}}}}
| image = Chen Liang-Ji (cropped).jpg
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| order1 =
| office1 = 4th Minister of Science and Technology
| primeminister1 = Lin Chuan
William Lai
Su Tseng-chang
| deputy1 = {{list collapsed|title=See list|Chen Ter-shing
Tsou Yu-han}}
| term_start1 = 8 February 2017
| term_end1 = 19 May 2020
| predecessor1 = Yang Hung-duen
| successor1 = Wu Tsung-tsong
| order2 =
| office2 = Political Deputy Minister of Education
| minister2 = Pan Wen-chung
| term_start2 = 20 May 2016
| term_end2 = 7 February 2017
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|9|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Baozhong, Yunlin, Taiwan
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| education = National Cheng Kung University (BS, MS, PhD)
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Chen Liang-gee ({{zh|c=陳良基|p=Chén Liángjī}}; born 23 September 1956) is a Taiwanese engineer who served as Minister of Science and Technology from 8 February 2017 to 20 May 2020.
Early life and education
Chen was born in September 1956. He comes from a rural, peanut-farming family.{{cite news|title=全國中小學科展 科技部長陳良基首次返鄉演講|url=http://www.yunlin.gov.tw/News/detail.asp?id=201707250004|accessdate=25 July 2017|publisher=Yunlin County Government|date=2017-07-25}} Chen earned his bachelor's degree, master's degree, and PhD all in electrical engineering from National Cheng Kung University in 1979, 1981, and 1986, respectively.{{cite web|url=http://english.moe.gov.tw/content.asp?CuItem=16749|title=Political Deputy Minister Chen,Liang-Gee|first=|last=徐玉芳|date=19 May 2016|publisher=}}
Academic career
Chen is a professor of electrical engineering at National Taiwan University. He does research on video coding, circuits, chips, algorithms, and signal processing. From 2009 to 2012, he was deputy dean of college of EECS. From 2013 to 2016, he was the EVP of academic and research at National Taiwan University. Chen is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers from 2001.[http://www.ee.ntu.edu.tw/bio?id=26 Chen's personal website]
Political career
Chen was appointed deputy minister of education on 20 April 2016 by Premier-designate Lin Chuan.{{cite web|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2016/04/21/464049/Tsais-education.htm|first=Stephanie|last=Chao|date=21 April 2016|title=
Tsai's education & culture ministers, others revealed|website=The China Post|accessdate=17 June 2016}} In February 2017, Chen was named Minister of Science and Technology.{{cite news|last1=Su|first1=Fang-ho|last2=Chiang|first2=Chih-hsiung|last3=Lee|first3=Hsin-fang|last4=Chung|first4=Jake|title=Cabinet reshuffle sees four new names|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2017/02/04/2003664301|accessdate=4 February 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=4 February 2017}} As technology minister, Chen supported the Tsai Ing-wen administration's Forward-looking Infrastructure Construction Project, and sought to expand the use of educational technology and artificial intelligence in Taiwan.{{cite news|last1=Huang|first1=Jennifer|last2=Wu|first2=Po-wei|translator-last1=Chung|translator-first1=Jake|title=INTERVIEW: Minister says role is to be ‘trailblazer’ for technology|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2017/04/03/2003667988|accessdate=3 April 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=3 April 2017}}{{cite news|title=INTERVIEW: Science minister wants to attract 3,000 AI experts|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2017/07/23/2003675138|accessdate=23 July 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=23 July 2017}} Chen remained technology minister under Lin and his successors William Lai and Su Tseng-chang.{{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Yu-fu |last2=Hetherington |first2=William |title=Cabinet announces ministers, ideology |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2019/01/14/2003707899 |accessdate=14 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=14 January 2019}} Chen resigned his post on 14 May 2020.{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Flor |last2=Wang |first2=Cheng-chung |last3=Yu |first3=Matt |title=Cabinet resigns en masse ahead of reshuffle |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202005140007 |accessdate=14 May 2020 |agency=Central News Agency |date=14 May 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Lin |first1=Sean |title=Minor Cabinet reshuffle in the works |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2020/05/15/2003736443 |accessdate=15 May 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=15 May 2020}}
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Category:Ministers of science and technology of Taiwan
Category:National Cheng Kung University alumni
Category:Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Yunlin County
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