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Viewing cable 06TAIPEI2816, New MOTC Minister Tsai Duei

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06TAIPEI2816 2006-08-16 22:13 2011-08-23 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED American Institute Taiwan, Taipei 
VZCZCXRO2334
RR RUEHGH
DE RUEHIN #2816 2282213
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 162213Z AUG 06
FM AIT TAIPEI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1655
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
INFO RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC
RUEHBK/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK 3379
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 5541
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL 8019
RUEHGP/AMEMBASSY SINGAPORE 6574
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 7938
RUEHML/AMEMBASSY MANILA 9778
RUEHJA/AMEMBASSY JAKARTA 3908
RUEHKL/AMEMBASSY KUALA LUMPUR 3545
RUEHHI/AMEMBASSY HANOI 3114
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 4284
RUEHWL/AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON 1542
RUEHHK/AMCONSUL HONG KONG 6755
RUEHGH/AMCONSUL SHANGHAI 0314
RUEHGZ/AMCONSUL GUANGZHOU 9494
 
UNCLAS TAIPEI 002816 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE PLEASE PASS USTR 
 
STATE FOR EAP/RSP/TC, EAP/EP 
 
USTR FOR ALTBACH 
 
USDOC FOR 3132/USFCS/OIO/EAP/WZARIT 
TREASURY FOR OASIA/LMOGHTADER 
TREASURY PLEASE PASS TO OCC/AMCMAHON 
TREASURY ALSO PASS TO FEDERAL RESERVE/BOARD OF 
GOVERNORS, AND SAN FRANCISCO FRB/TERESA CURRAN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
SUBJECT: New MOTC Minister Tsai Duei 
 
 
1.  On August 14, Taiwan Premier Su Tesng-chang announced that Tsai 
Duei will be promoted from Ministry of Transportation and 
Communications (MOTC) Political Vice Minister to MOTC Minister.  A 
brief bio for Tsai follows: 
 
2.  Tsai served as MOTC Administrative Vice Minister from August 
2000 to February 2002, as MOTC Political Vice Minister 2002 - 2005, 
as Public Construction Commission Political Vice Minister for one 
year (February 2005 - January 2006), then back to MOTC as Political 
Vice Minister again for six months (February - August 2006). 
 
3.  Tsai was Director General of the Civil Aeronautics 
Administration (CAA) until March 1998 when a passenger aircraft 
crashed near CKS Airport, killing Taiwan's then Central Bank of 
China (CBC) Governor Hsu Yuan-dong and several senior CBC officials. 
 Prior to his CAA DG appointment, he had worked for the Directorate 
General of Telecommunications (DGT) for 27 ears, moving up from 
technician to Training Department Director, to Chief Engineer 
(1994-1996) and to Deputy DG of the DGT (July - November 1996). 
Tsai earned a BS in electronic engineering from National Taiwan 
 
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Institute of Technology in 1980, an MS in electrical engineering 
from National Taiwan University (NTU) in 1983, and a Ph. D. in 
electrical engineering from NTU in 1987.  He was a visiting scholar 
at the University of South California for one year. 
 
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