Chang Chen-yuan explained

Chang Chen-yuan, also known by his English name Michael Chang, is a Taiwanese politician.

He graduated from the Department of Transportation and Logistics Management at National Chiao Tung University with a doctorate and served as station master at Taipei Main Station from 1987 to 1991.[1] Chang later successively assumed several public service posts relating to public transportation and tourism.[2] Such positions included leading the tourism division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York,[3] [4] a stint as director of the Southwest Coast National Scenic Area,[5] and within Tainan City Government as municipal Bureau of Transportation director and the city's deputy mayor under William Lai.[2] [6]

Chang became political deputy minister of transportation and communications after Lai assumed the premiership. As a result of the derailment of a Puyuma express train in October 2018, Taiwan Railways Administration Director-General Lu Chieh-shen resigned.[7] Chang was appointed to the TRA on 25 October and stepped down at the Ministry of Transportation and Communications to succeed Lu.[8] Chang began his tenure as TRA director-general on 9 November 2018.[9]

Notes and References

  1. News: Shan . Shelley . Vice minister is new TRA chief . 30 October 2018 . Taipei Times . 30 October 2018.
  2. News: Yang . Sophia . MOTC Political Deputy Minister Chang Chen-yuan tapped as new TRA head . 30 October 2018 . Taiwan News . 30 October 2018.
  3. News: More Americans visited Taiwan this year . 30 October 2018 . Taipei Times . 22 December 2004.
  4. News: Ad for Taiwan airs in New York City's Times Square . 30 October 2018 . Taipei Times . 26 December 2009.
  5. News: Tainan's Christmas tree celebrates city's salt past . 30 October 2018 . Taipei Times . 23 December 2011.
  6. News: Hung . Jui-ching . Chin . Jonathan . Traffic lights that yield to buses launched in Tainan . 30 October 2018 . Taipei Times . 24 November 2015.
  7. News: Ku . Chuan . Resignation of TRA head over deadly train crash approved . 30 October 2018 . Central News Agency . 25 October 2018.
  8. News: Lee . Hsin-Yin . Deputy transportation minister named as new TRA head . 30 October 2018 . China Post . Central News Agency . 30 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181030205848/http://focustaiwan.tw/search/201810290006.aspx. Alt URL
  9. News: Lee . Hsin-Yin . New TRA head vows to improve safety of train travel . 9 November 2018 . Central News Agency . 9 November 2018.

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