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,