Pu Tze-chun | |
Native Name: | 蒲澤春 |
Office1: | Vice Minister (Policy) of National Defense of the Republic of China |
Term Start1: | 1 May 2017 |
Term End1: | 28 February 2018 |
Predecessor1: | Lee Hsi-ming |
Successor1: | Shen Yi-ming |
Office2: | 30th Vice Chief (Executive) of the General Staff of the Republic of China Armed Forces |
1Blankname2: | Chief |
1Namedata2: | Yen Teh-fa Chiu Kuo-cheng |
Term Start2: | 30 January 2015 |
Term End2: | 30 April 2017 |
Predecessor2: | Liao Jung-hsin |
Successor2: | Chen Pao-yu |
Birth Place: | Yangmei, Taoyuan County, Taiwan |
Nationality: | Republic of China |
Ancestry: | Ledu, Qinghai |
Alma Mater: | Republic of China Naval Academy Naval War College |
Birth Date: | 7 July 1956 |
Branch: | Republic of China Navy |
Serviceyears: | 1978–2020 |
Rank: | Admiral |
Pu Tze-chun is a scholar of Public Management and a former admiral of the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) in Taiwan. He was graduated from I-Shou University, receiving a PhD in Public Management studies. He is the 11th Vice Minister of National Defense,[1] taking office in May 2017.[2] He stepped down in February 2018.[3]
Pu graduated from Republic of China Naval Academy in 1978 and Naval War College in the United States in 1997.[4]
Speaking at Legislative Yuan as the Vice Chief of the General Staff (Executive) of the Republic of China Armed Forces in October 2015 regarding South China Sea territorial disputes, Pu said that the armed forces would defend the nation and also appeal to the international community.[5]