Wu Jin | |
Office: | Minister of Education of the Republic of China |
Term Start: | 10 June 1996 |
Term End: | 9 February 1998 |
Predecessor: | Kuo Wei-fan |
Successor: | Lin Ching-chiang |
Birth Date: | 9 April 1934 |
Nationality: | Republic of China |
Death Place: | Tainan City, Taiwan |
Alma Mater: | University of Iowa |
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Wu Jin (; 9 April 1934 – 14 January 2008) was a Taiwanese educator and politician who served as Minister for Education between 1996 and 1998 under president Lee Teng-hui.[1]
Wu obtained his doctorate in mechanics and hydraulics from the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, Iowa, U.S..[1] He was a research fellow at the Academia Sinica in 1986.[1]
Wu also served as the first president of the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan, Taiwan.[1]
Wu was selected by President Lee Teng-hui to serve as Taiwan's education minister in June 1996.[1] He was known for his progressive views on the reforms needed in Taiwan's educational system.[1]
Wu stepped down as Minister for Education in February 1998.[1] His resignation was due to a difference of opinion dispute between himself and the president of Academia Sinica, Lee Yuan-tseh, over the pace and types of educational reforms needed.[1] (Lee Yuan-tseh had previously chaired a panel force in the 1980s which had led to a number of changes concerning education in Taiwan.[1])
Wu Jin was diagnosed with cancer of the ampulla of Vater, a rare form of the disease, in 2006.[1] He received treatment at the National Cheng Kung University Hospital in Taiwan and the United States.[1]
Wu's health began to deteriorate in December, 2007 following a trip to Mainland China.[1] He died on Monday, 14 January 2008, at National Cheng Kung University Hospital in Tainan, Taiwan, at the age of 74.[1] Wu was survived by his wife. His funeral took place in Tainan on 27 January 2008.[1]