King Pu-tsung

King Pu-tsung (; born 30 August 1956) is a Taiwanese journalist and politician. He was the secretary-general of the National Security Council from 2014 to 2015. Previously, he was the head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States from 2012 to 2014 and the deputy mayor of Taipei from 2004 to 2006.

Early life and education King was born on August 30, 1956, in Tainan, Taiwan. He graduated from National Tainan Second Senior High School.

After high school, King graduated from National Chengchi University with a bachelor's degree in journalism. He then completed graduate studies in the United States, earning a Master of Arts (M.A.) in mass communication from Texas Tech University and his Ph.D. in communication studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 1994. His doctoral dissertation, completed under journalism scholar Maxwell McCombs, was titled, "Issue agendas in the 1992 Taiwan legislative election."

Early career King had taught at National Chengchi University. He also had taught at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong.

KMT Secretary-General As Secretary-General, King pledged to sort out financial questions of national funds that had been mixed with party assets,

Personal life King is alleged to be related to the last Qing emperor Puyi, although lack of genealogical evidence has raised suspicions. Were his relation to the imperial family true, he would also be the cousin of Puru and his surname King a sinified adoption of the Qing imperial clan name Aisin Gioro.