Chang Guan-chung | |
Native Name: | 張冠群 |
Office1: | Vice Minister (Armaments), Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China |
Term Start1: | 28 April 2017 |
Term End1: | 1 July 2021 |
Minister1: | Feng Shih-kuan Yen Teh-fa |
Predecessor1: | Cheng Te-mei |
Successor1: | Wang Shin-lung |
Birth Place: | Taiwan |
Branch: | Republic of China Army (ROCA) |
Rank: | General |
Serviceyears: | 1981- |
Alma Mater: | Cornell University |
Chang Guan-chung is a general officer of the Republic of China Army (ROCA) in Taiwan. He was the Vice Minister of National Defense for Armaments from 28 April 2017 to 1 July 2021.
Chang obtained his doctoral degree in aeronautical engineering from Cornell University in the United States.
In February 2017, Chang, as the President of National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, signed a memorandum with the Ministry of National Defense in Taichung to develop next-generation advanced jet trainers in Taiwan in which the development program will be completed by 2026.[1]
Chang took office as the Vice Minister of National Defense for Armaments on 28 April 2017.[2] [3] He is the first academic to serve in this post.[4] He was the opening speaker at U.S.-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference 2018 in Maryland where he spoke on the need for Taiwan to balance foreign and domestic defense suppliers.[5] Chen stepped down from his position at the Ministry of National Defense on 1 July 2021 to work in the Presidential Office as a military strategy adviser, and was awarded the Order of the Cloud and Banner.[6] [7]