Emile Sheng | |
Native Name: | 盛治仁 |
Office1: | Minister of Council for Cultural Affairs of the Republic of China |
Term Start1: | 16 November 2009 |
Term End1: | 27 November 2011 |
Predecessor1: | Huang Pi-twan |
Successor1: | Ovid Tzeng |
Birth Place: | Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
Nationality: | Republic of China |
Alma Mater: | National Chengchi University Northwestern University |
Emile Sheng (; born 5 January 1968) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of the Council for Cultural Affairs from 2009 to 2011.
Sheng obtained his bachelor's degree in diplomacy from National Chengchi University and doctoral degree in political science from Northwestern University in the United States.[1]
Sheng was the chief executive officer of the 2009 Summer Deaflympics organizing committee in Taipei in 2009.[1]
On 17 November 2011, Sheng tendered his resignation after he was criticized for organizing an extravagant musical to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Day of the Republic of China which cost NT$215 million.[2]