WU Chihchung François was born in Taipei, Taiwan. He is married and has two children

EDUCATION:

  • DEA in Politics and Diplomacy, University of Paris I, France
  • DEA in Geopolitics, University of Paris 8, France
  • PhD in Political Science, University of Paris I, France

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

  • Since July 2018: Representative of Taiwan in France
  • Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the R.O.C. (Taiwan)
  • Professor, Department of Political Science, Soochow University, Taiwan
  • Knight of the National Order of Merit, France
  • Director, Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the R.O.C. (Taiwan)
  • Director of Defence and National Security Research, Ministry of Defence, Taiwan
  • Member of the Advisory Committee on International Affairs, Taipei City Hall, Taiwan
  • Member of the International Affairs Advisory Committee, Taichung City Council, Taiwan 
  • Director of the Central and Eastern European Research Centre, Soochow University, Taiwan
  • Director of the Centre for European Union Studies, Department of Political Science, Soochow University, Taiwan - President of the Alliance Française de Taiwain
  • Advisor, Taiwan Economic Research Institute
  • Foreign Policy Team Leader, New Frontier Foundation of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Taiwan
  • Visiting scholar at Harvard University in Boston, USA
  • Visiting Professor at the Institute of Political Studies in Lyon, France
  • Participates in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) organised by the US State Department
  • Deputy Director, Corporate Planning Division, Institute for National Policy Research, Taiwan

Ambassador, Head of the Taipei Representative Office in France,

Representative of Taiwan in France
Participation in the sessions of the Forum