Kuo Nan-hung

郭南宏Minister of the National Science CouncilIn office
27 February 1993 – 10 June 1996Preceded byHsia Han-mingSucceeded byLiu Chao-shiuanMinister of Transportation and CommunicationsIn office
2 April 1987 – 1 June 1990Preceded byLien ChanSucceeded byClement Chang Personal detailsBorn(1936-10-23)23 October 1936
Taipei, Taiwan, JapanDied1 January 2023(2023-01-01) (aged 86)
Taipei, TaiwanNationalityTaiwanese

Kuo Nan-hung (Chinese: 郭南宏; 23 October 1936 – 1 January 2023) was a Taiwanese politician who served as Minister of Transportation and Communications from 1987 to 1990.

Biography

Originally an electronical engineer, Kuo Nan-hung became the President of the National Chiao Tung University^[1] in 1979 and served in that position until 1987, when he was appointed to the Executive Yuan under President of the Republic of China Chiang Ching-kuo.

He later served as a Councilor of the Executive Yuan from 1990 to 1993 and then as the Minister of the National Science and Technology Council from 1993 till 1996, when he resigned to rejoin the National Chiao Tung University.

Kuo died from COVID-19 on 1 January 2023, at the age of 86.^[2][3]

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