| Katharine Chang | |
| Office: | Chairwoman of the Straits Exchange Foundation |
| Deputy: | Ko Cheng-heng Yao Jen-to[1] |
| Term Start: | 27 March 2018 |
| Term End: | 5 June 2020 |
| Predecessor: | Tien Hung-mao |
| Successor: | David Lee |
| Office1: | 12th Minister of Mainland Affairs Council |
| Deputy1: | Chang Tien-chin, Chiu Chui-cheng, Lin Cheng-yi |
| Term Start1: | 20 May 2016 |
| Term End1: | 26 February 2018 |
| Predecessor1: | Andrew Hsia |
| Successor1: | Lin Cheng-yi (acting) Chen Ming-tong |
| Office2: | Director of the Coordination Council for North American Affairs |
| Term Start2: | 1 January 2016 |
| Term End2: | 20 May 2016 |
| Predecessor2: | David Lee |
| Successor2: | Tao Yi-fen |
| Office3: | ROC Representative to Australia |
| Term Start3: | December 2011 |
| Term End3: | 31 December 2014 |
| Successor3: | David Lee |
| Office4: | ROC Representative to the United Kingdom |
| Term Start4: | December 2007 |
| Term End4: | December 2011 |
| Predecessor4: | Edgar Lin |
| Successor4: | Shen Lyu-shun |
| Office5: | Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China |
| Minister5: | James C. F. Huang |
| Term Start5: | April 2006 |
| Term End5: | December 2007 |
| Office6: | ROC Representative to the Netherlands |
| Term Start6: | February 2003 |
| Term End6: | April 2006 |
| Successor6: | Larry Wang |
| Office7: | ROC Ambassador to Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Term Start7: | December 1997 |
| Term End7: | March 2001 |
| Birth Date: | 12 February 1953 |
| Nationality: | Republic of China |
| Alma Mater: | National Chengchi University Long Island University |
Katharine Chang should not be confused with Katherine Chang.
Katharine Chang (; born 12 February 1953) is a Taiwanese diplomat.
Chang obtained her bachelor's degree from the Department of Diplomacy of National Chengchi University. She then obtained her master's degree in international relations from Long Island University in the United States.[2]
Chang began her diplomatic career in 1976. In January 1995, she was named leader of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Seattle, and became the first woman to serve as a representative of Taiwan. In 1997, Chang was appointed Taiwan's first woman ambassador when she accepted a post to St Kitts and Nevis and Dominica. Upon succeeding Henry Chen as director-general of the Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Chang became the Ministry of Foreign Affairs first spokeswoman.[3] She was the ROC representative to the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2011 and to Australia from 2011 to 2014.[4] The next year, she was appointed to lead the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States.[5] In 2016, Chang was named the minister of the Mainland Affairs Council.[6] She left the Mainland Affairs Council in February 2018, and succeeded Tien Hung-mao as leader of the Straits Exchange Foundation that March.[7] Chang was replaced at the SEF by David Lee on 5 June 2020.[8] Chang subsequently chaired the Taiwan–Hong Kong Economic and Cultural Co-operation Council.[9] In September of the same year, she began serving as Taiwanese representative to Austria.[10]