Sun Te-hsiung

Sun Te-hsiung
孫得雄
Minister of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission of the Republic of China
In office
June 1991 – December 1994
DeputyHuang Chen-tai
Preceded byMa Ying-jeou
Succeeded byWang Jen-huong
Deputy Minister of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission of the Republic of China
MinisterMa Ying-jeou
Succeeded byHuang Chen-tai
Personal details
Born(1930-01-30)30 January 1930
Japanese Taiwan
Died25 June 2025(2025-06-25) (aged 95)
SpouseJoyce Chao
EducationNational Taiwan University (BS)
University of Michigan (PhD)

Sun Te-hsiung (Chinese: 孫得雄; pinyin: Sūn Dexióng; 30 January 1930 – 25 June 2025) was a Taiwanese sociologist who served as the Minister of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission of the Executive Yuan from 1991 to 1994.

Life and career

Sun was born in Taiwan on 30 January 1930 during Japanese rule. After graduating from National Taiwan University, he completed doctoral studies in the United States, where he earned his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Michigan in 1968 under sociology professors David Goldberg and Ronald Freedman. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Socio-structural analysis of fertility differentials in Taiwan".

Sun died on 25 June 2025, at the age of 95.

References

  1. ↑ "Taiwan Today - President Lee approves Premier Hau's Cabinet shuffle". taiwantoday.tw. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  2. ↑ "行政院研究發展考核委員會 ─ 第六任 孫得雄 80.06—83.12". Retrieved 2013-06-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ "SOCIO-STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF FERTILITY DIFFERENTIALS IN TAIWAN - ProQuest". www.proquest.com. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
  4. ↑ 孫得雄博士略歷1930~2025 (in Chinese)