Wu Ching-ji
{{Short description|Taiwanese educator}}
{{Family name hatnote|Wu|lang=Chinese}}
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| name = Wu Ching-ji
| native_name = {{no bold|{{lang|zh-hant|吳淸基}}}}
| image = Wu Ching-ji (cropped).jpg
| caption =
| order1 =
| office1 = 24th Minister of Education of the Republic of China
| term_start1 = 10 September 2009
| term_end1 = 6 February 2012
| predecessor1 = Cheng Jei-cheng
| successor1 = Chiang Wei-ling
| order2 =
| office2 = Deputy Mayor of Taipei
| term_start2 = 25 December 2006
| term_end2 = 10 September 2009
| predecessor2 = King Pu-tsung
| successor2 = Lee Yong-ping
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|15 June 1951}}
| birth_place = Jiali, Tainan, Taiwan
| nationality = Republic of China
| party = Kuomintang
| spouse =
| children =
| signature =
| education = National Taiwan Normal University (BA, MA, PhD)
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Wu Ching-ji ({{zh|t=吳淸基|p=Wú Qīngjī}}; born 15 June 1951) is a Taiwanese educator. He was the Minister of the Education from 2009 to 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.general.nsysu.edu.tw/ICCGE/pdf/02-2.pdf|date=6 December 2011|title=Ching-ji Wu|accessdate=2014-08-22}}
Education
Wu was educated at National Taiwan Normal University, where he received his bachelor's degree in education in 1973, his master's degree in education in 1979, and then his Ph.D. in education in 1985.{{cite web|url=http://www.wantchinatimes.com/whoswho-cnt.aspx?id=20101107000081&cid=20|title=Wu Ching-ji (吳清基)|author=|date=|work=wantchinatimes.com|accessdate=25 July 2015}} After beginning a doctoral program from 1981 to 1982 at the University of Missouri in the United States, Wu went to England and was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of London in 1987. In 1997, he was a visiting scholar at Harvard University.{{cite news |title=Who's Who in the ROC |url=http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/Upload/WebArchive/4695/Who's%20Who%20in%20the%20ROC.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020105104/http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/Upload/WebArchive/4695/Who%27s%20Who%20in%20the%20ROC.pdf |archivedate=20 October 2016 |accessdate=5 May 2016 |pages= |agency=Executive Yuan}}
Political career
Wu was the Administrative Vice Minister of Education in the Executive Yuan in 1999-2000 and the Political Vice Minister in 2000. In 2000–2001, he was the director of the preparatory office of the National Academy for Educational Research. He became the Deputy Mayor of Taipei City Government in 2008, and was back again at the Ministry of Education as Minister from 2009 to 2012.
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