| Wu Chih-chung | |
| Image Name: | 吳志中大使 (cropped).jpg |
| Caption: | Official portrait, 2018 |
| Office1: | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Status1: | Designate |
| Term Start1: | 11 August 2024 |
| Minister1: | Lin Chia-lung |
| Predecessor1: | Kelly Hsieh |
| Minister2: | David Lee Joseph Wu |
| Term Start2: | 20 May 2016 |
| Term End2: | 15 July 2018 |
| Predecessor2: | Bruce Linghu |
| Successor2: | Hsu Szu-chien[1] |
| Office3: | 9th Taiwanese Ambassador to France |
| Term Start3: | 16 July 2018 |
| Term End3: | August 2024 |
| 1Blankname3: | Foreign Minister |
| 1Namedata3: | Joseph Wu Lin Chia-lung |
| Predecessor3: | Zhang Ming-zhong |
| Successor3: | Hao Pei-chih |
| Nationality: | Taiwan |
| Parents: | Wu Rong-i (father) |
| Education: | Pantheon-Sorbonne University (MSc, PhD) |
Wu Chih-chung is a Taiwanese diplomat and politician who has been the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs since August 2024 and previously from May 2016 to July 2018,[2] and has later become the Ambassador of Taiwan in France from July 2018 to August 2024.
He has studied in Paris, France from 1989 to 1998 and has obtained his master's degree in diplomacy and his doctoral degree in political science from the Pantheon-Sorbonne University. After returning to Taiwan, he has worked as a professor at Soochow University in the Department of Political Science. His areas of expertise are geopolitics, diplomatic history, EU foreign policy, post-war world situation, French government and French politics.
Due to his experience and expertise of international relations and European affairs, he has been recruited by several public or private institutions for advisory positions, such as Taipei and Taichung City Government, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Education, etc.
As the president and later the honorary president of Alliance Française in Taiwan, he has been relentlessly promoting the exchange between Taiwan and France. In 2014, he was appointed by the French President François Hollande as a Knight of the French National Order of Merit.
During the Presidency of Tsai Ing-wen, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs serving from 20 May 2016 to 15 July 2018 when he was appointed Ambassador of Taiwan to France.[3] [4] [5] [6]
During the Presidency of Lai Ching-te, he was re-appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and will assume office after the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[7]
Wu is the son of Wu Rong-i, who served as the Deputy Prime Minister (Vice Premier of the Executive Yuan) of Taiwan in the cabinet of Frank Hsieh from 2005 to 2006.