Clement Chang

{{Short description|Taiwanese academic and politician (1929–2018)}}

{{for|the Singaporese entrepreneur|Clemen Chiang}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Clement Chang

| native_name = {{nobold|張建邦}}

| native_name_lang = zh-tw

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| office = Minister of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of China

| term_start = 1 June 1989

| term_end = 24 April 1991

| predecessor = {{ill|Kuo Nan-hong|zh|郭南宏}}

| successor = Ma Cheng-fang (acting)
Eugene Chien

| office1 = 2nd Chairman of World League for Freedom and Democracy

| term_start1 = 1988

| term_end1 = 1989

| predecessor1 = Ku Cheng-kang

| successor1 = Chao Tzu-chi

| office2 = Speaker of the Taipei City Council

| term_start2 = 25 December 1981

| term_end2 = 1 June 1989

| predecessor2 = {{ill|Lin Ting-sheng|zh|林挺生}}

| successor2 = Chen Chien-chih

| office3 = Deputy Speaker of the Taipei City Council

| term_start3 = 25 December 1969

| term_end3 = 25 December 1981

| predecessor3 = Chen Shao-hui

| successor3 = Chen Chien-chih

| office4 = President of Tamkang University

| term_start4 = 1 August 1964

| term_end4 = 31 July 1986

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| successor4 =

| party = Kuomintang

| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|3|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Taihoku Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (today Yilan County, Taiwan)

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|5|26|1929|3|15|df=y}}

| death_place = Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan

| nationality = Empire of Japan (until 1945), Republic of China (from 1945)

| spouse =

| children =

| alma_mater = St. John's University, Shanghai
University of Illinois

| occupation = Politician, educator

| profession =

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Clement Chang ({{zh|t=張建邦|p=Zhāng Jiànbāng|w=Chang Chien-pang}}; 15 March 1929 – 26 May 2018) was a Taiwanese academic and politician.

He was president of Tamkang University from 1964 to 1986, stepping down to serve three years as the chairman of the institution's board of trustees. Chang won his first election to the Taipei City Council in 1969, and served as deputy speaker for three terms until 1981, when he was named speaker. In 1989, Chang was appointed to the Executive Yuan as Minister of Transportation and Communications, and was succeeded by Eugene Chien in 1991.{{cite journal |last1=Stevenson |first1=Tony |title=Clement C. P. Chang: bringing foresight to Taiwan |journal=Futures |date=October 2004 |volume=36 |issue=8 |pages=921–931 |doi=10.1016/j.futures.2004.01.004 |url=http://www2.tku.edu.tw/~tddx/en/pdf/Clement%20cP%20chang--bring%20foresight%20to%20Taiwan.pdf |accessdate=23 November 2018 |issn=0016-3287 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124003728/http://www2.tku.edu.tw/~tddx/en/pdf/Clement%20cP%20chang--bring%20foresight%20to%20Taiwan.pdf |archive-date=24 November 2018 |url-status=dead }} Chang was a founding editor of the Journal of Futures Studies from November 1996{{cite journal |title=Message from the Journal Founder |journal=Journal of Futures Studies |url=http://www.jfs.tku.edu.tw/foundersmessage.html |publisher=Tamkang University Press |access-date=24 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209220748/http://www.jfs.tku.edu.tw/foundersmessage.html |archive-date=9 February 2018 |url-status=dead }}{{cite journal |title=Establishing Futures Studies with Global Scholars |volume=1 |issue=1 |journal=Journal of Futures Studies |date=November 1996 |url=http://www.jfs.tku.edu.tw/oldsarticles.html |publisher=Tamkang University Press |access-date=24 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211153339/http://www.jfs.tku.edu.tw/oldsarticles.html |archive-date=11 February 2018 |url-status=dead }} to his death at National Taiwan University Hospital on 26 May 2018, aged 89.{{cite news|last1=Chen|first1=Chih-chung|last2=Liu|first2=Kuan-lin|title=Clement Chang, founder of Tamkang University, dies at 89|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aedu/201805260021.aspx|accessdate=27 May 2018|agency=Central News Agency|date=26 May 2018}}