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Chu Yun-han

1956 – 2023

Taiwanese political scientist

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Lived 1956 – 2023 (aged 67). Chu Yun-han was a Taiwanese political scientist and university teacher.

Chu Yun-han (; 3 February 1956 – 5 February 2023) was a Taiwanese political scholar, and an academician of the Academia Sinica.

Biography Chu was born in Taipei, Taiwan, on 3 February 1956, while his ancestral home is in Zhuji, Zhejiang. He attended the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University. After completing his master's degree in political science from National Taiwan University in 1979, he entered the University of Minnesota where he obtained his doctoral degree in political science in 1987. At the time of Chu's death, the ABS was carried out in nineteen Asia-Pacific nations.

Chu was elected a member of Academia Sinica in 2012, and a fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2016. He was a 2014 recipient of the University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Achievement Award, as well.

Chu died of rectal cancer at home in Taipei, on 5 February 2023, at the age of 67. The organization scheduled a memorial at the Chiang Ching-kuo Presidential Library for 30 April 2023. Following his death, Taiwan Insight, a publication of the University of Nottingham's Taiwan studies program, published a special issue.

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Education
National Taiwan University, University of Minnesota
Employers
National Taiwan University
Awards
Member of Academia Sinica
Also known as
Yun-han Chu, Zhu Yunhan, Yunhan Zhu, Chu, Yun-han

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Who was Chu Yun-han?

Taiwanese political scientist (1956–2023)

When was Chu Yun-han born?

Chu Yun-han was born on 3 February 1956 in Taipei.

When did Chu Yun-han die?

Chu Yun-han died on 5 February 2023.

What was Chu Yun-han's occupation?

Chu Yun-han was a political scientist and university teacher.

What nationality was Chu Yun-han?

Chu Yun-han was Taiwanese.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Chu Yun-han

· Wikidata: Q9193872

· DBpedia: Chu Yun-han

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