Two new diplomats have been appointed to serve in Taiwan's representative offices in the UK and India, the Presidential Office said today.
Chen Mu-min (陳牧民), a former deputy representative to India, is to replace Baushuan Ger (葛葆萱), who has been heading the office since 2020, the office said in a statement.
Photos from the National Chung Hsing University and National Taiwan Ocean University Web sites via CNA
The office did not say why Ger was being replaced or when Chen would take up his new post as head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India.
Since completing his service as deputy head of the India office from 2020 to last year, Chen has been working as vice dean of the College of Law and Politics at National Chung Hsing University (NCHU).
He holds a PhD in international studies from the University of Denver and specializes in South Asia and Middle East regional studies, China's political and economic development and cross-strait relations, and China-India relations, according to the NCHU Web site.
Meanwhile, academic Chiang Ya-chi (江雅綺) has been appointed as the new deputy head of the Taipei Representative Office in the UK, the office said.
Chiang, who is currently a professor in the College of Ocean Law and Policy at National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU), is to replace Liu Hui-chien (柳惠千), a former air force fighter jet pilot, it said.
Liu has tendered his resignation as deputy head of the Taiwan office in London, where he had been serving since 2023, the office said, without specifying when his replacement would take up the post.
Chiang holds a PhD from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Health, Durham University, and has been teaching and lecturing extensively since 2012.
She has taught at the intellectual property (IP) law graduate institutes of Shih Hsin University and National Taipei University of Technology, and is currently teaching IP and technology law at NTOU.
She specializes in IP and cyberlaw, with a focus on issues at the intersection of law and technology.
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