Chen Ming-tang

Chen Ming-tang is a Taiwanese lawyer. He served as the Administrative Deputy Minister of Justice in the Executive Yuan since from 2013 to 2024. In September 2013, he briefly became the acting Minister of Justice after incumbent Minister Tseng Yung-fu's sudden resignation.

Education Chen graduated from Soochow University with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) in 1967, then earned his Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from Chinese Culture University and, in 2017, his Ph.D. in ocean law from National Taiwan Ocean University. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "A Study on the Legalization of International Conventions in Taiwan – Focusing on Human Rights and Maritime Law".

ROC Justice Administrative Deputy Ministry

Chen Shui-bian prison transfer In mid-April 2013, Deputy Minister Chen confirmed that former ROC president Chen Shui-bian was transferred from Taipei Veterans General Hospital to Pei-de Hospital in Taichung Prison, where he will serve his remaining 20 years of sentence there. Deputy Minister Chen added that this transfer was made to ensure former president Chen's proper medical attention, in which it was made in consideration of him being prison inmate, patient and a former president.

Taiwanese fisherman shooting incident Responding to the shooting incident of Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine government vessel on 9 May 2013 at the disputed water in South China Sea, in end of May 2013, Chen said that the ROC MOJ has declined Philippine request for bilateral judicial assistance because Manila refusal of handing over the incident video to ROC government, although they have agreed to allow Taiwanese investigators to board the Philippine Coast Guard vessel involved in the shooting incident.