| Chang Jin-fu | |
| Native Name: | Chinese: 張進福 |
| Office1: | Governor of Taiwan Province |
| Term Start1: | 10 September 2009 |
| Term End1: | 26 February 2010 |
| Predecessor1: | Tsai Hsun-hsiung |
| Successor1: | Lin Junq-tzer |
| Office2: | Deputy Minister of National Science Council of the Republic of China |
| Minister2: | Liu Chao-shiuan Huang Chen-tai |
| Term Start2: | June 1996 |
| Term End2: | May 2000 |
| Birth Date: | 1948 3, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Yingge, Taipei County, Taiwan |
| Nationality: | Republic of China |
| Alma Mater: | National Taiwan University University of California, Berkeley |
Chang Jin-fu (; born 9 March 1948) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Governor of Taiwan Province from 2009 to 2010.[1] [2]
Chang was born in Yingge Township, Taipei County in 1948. He received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University (NTU) in 1970 and his doctoral degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley in the United States in 1977.[3]
Upon graduation, Chang returned to Taiwan and spent most of his career in the academic world. He spent much of his early career time in teaching and research at the Department of Electrical Engineering of NTU, where he went through different positions and ranks from teaching assistant, instructor, associate professor to professor. He also served as the Chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering of NTU for two years and Acting Dean of the Department of Engineering of NTU for two months.
He taught twice between 1982 and 1985 for 1.5 years at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, United States. He served as the Director of Science and Technology Advisory Office of the ROC Ministry of Education in July 1987 until June 1990. He became the Dean of Academic Affairs of National Central University in 1991–1994. He was appointed President[4] of National Chi Nan University, Taiwan, from 2000 to 2008. From 2012 to 2015, he served as President of Yuan Ze University, Taiwan. He was also the Board Chairman[5] Chairman of Institute for Information Industry (III) of Taiwan's III - Institute for Information Industry.
He was elected to IEEE Fellow in 1994 for his technical contributions to wireless mobile communications.[6]