Wu Tze-cheng
Politician and former Magistrate of Yilan
Wu Tze-cheng, sometimes transliterated Wu Ze-Cheng, (Chinese: 吳澤成; pinyin: Wú Zéchéng; born 15 December 1945) is a Taiwanese politician who served as the minister without portfolio of the executive yuan and the minister of the Public Construction Commission. He had also served as the acting Magistrate of Yilan County and the last governor of the Taiwan provincial government.
Education
Wu obtained his master's degree in construction engineering and management from National Central University.
Yilan County Government
On 14 October 2015, Deputy Magistrate Wu, representing Yilan County Government, held a talk with Deputy Mayor Lin Chin-rong, representing Taipei City Government, at Taipei City Hall in Taipei on the collaboration between the county and the city on the railways, public bus services and terminals, traffic congestion reduction on Freeway 5 and the spiritual relocation of Chiang Wei-shui.
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