Wu Se-hwa

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wu.

Wu Se-hwa
吳思華
Wu in October 2015
26th Minister of Education of the Republic of China
In office 30 July 2014 – 20 May 2016
Political Deputy	Huang Pi-twan, Chen Der-hwa
Administrative Deputy	Lin Shu-chen
Preceded by	Chiang Wei-ling Chen Der-hwa (acting)
Succeeded by	Pan Wen-chung
Personal details
Born	(1955-07-09) 9 July 1955 Beigang, Yunlin, Taiwan
Nationality	Republic of China
Alma mater	National Chiao Tung University (BA) National Chengchi University (MA, PhD)

Wu Se-hwa (Chinese: 吳思華; pinyin: Wú Sīhuá; born 9 July 1955) is a Taiwanese politician who was the Minister of Education in the Executive Yuan of Taiwan from 2014 to 2016.

Education

Wu obtained his bachelor's degree in communication engineering from National Chiao Tung University and master's and doctoral degrees from National Chengchi University (NCCU) in business administration in 1979 and 1984, respectively, with specialization in strategic management and knowledge management creativity.

Early career

In 1983–1984, Wu was an instructor at NCCU. In 1984, he was promoted to become an associate professor and subsequently a professor in 1989 onward. In 1990–1994, he was the vice dean of the Center for Public and Business Administration Education. In 1994, he founded and became the director of the Graduate Institute of Technology Innovation Management until 1999. In 1999–2005, he became the dean of the College of Commerce. In 2005–2006, he became the director of Center for Creativity and Innovation Studies. And finally in 2006–2014 he became the president of NCCU.