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出生：1938年3月23日  台灣 嘉義
          born in Chia-Yi, Taiwan, March 23, 1938

學歷：台灣大學法律系法學組第一名畢業
           律師高考第一名及格  

經歷：律師

      美麗島事件軍法大審辯護律師
      高俊明牧師軍法大審辯護律師
      高雄市基督教青年會理事長
      高雄市生命線理事
      台灣教會公報社理事長

      民主進步黨組黨十人秘密小組成員
      民主進步黨組黨十八人工作小組成員
      民主進步黨中央常務委員
      民主進步黨中央執行委員

   立法委員六任（十七年）
    (elected member of Legislative Yuan, 6 terms)

     立法院內政委員會召集委員
     立法院司法委員會召集委員
     立法院交通委員會召集委員
     立法院民進黨團總召集人
     立法院民進黨團幹事長

    2000年總統大選
       陳水扁競選指揮中心全國總幹事
 
      2000年政權移交小組召集人
   總統府秘書長
   行政院副院長
   行政院院長 (Premier, Executive Yuan)
      經濟發展諮詢委員會副主任委員
   政府改造委員會副主任委員
   總統府資政 
      (currently - Advisor to President Chen Shui-bian)

     民進黨秘書長
      (designated DDP Secretary General - June, 2002)

Chang Chun-hsiung currently serves as an Advisor to President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan. Previously, Mr. Chang was Taiwan Premier (Executive Yuan) and had been elected 6 times to serve in the Legislative Yuan for a combined total of 17 years.

Mr. Chang received his law degree with the highest honor from the National Taiwan University.  Mr. Chang, in his early 40's, rose to challenge the encroachment of fundamental human rights, freedom of expression and freedom of association imposed on the Taiwanese by the repressive Kuomingtang (the Nationalist Party) regime following the infamous "Formosan Incident" took place in 1979.  His heroic act of serving on a team of defense lawyers for the "Kaohsiung Eight" has been widely credited with saving their lives and setting the stage for a crucial period of democratic transformation in Taiwan's recent history.

Mr. Chang was a one of the founding members of the DPP and has served several key party posts over the years.  He will be the next Secretary General of DPP after President Chen Shui-bian assumes the post of DPP chairmanship in the Fall of 2002.

TAC/EC 2002 planning committee sincerely welcomes Premier Chang to join this year's conference.  He will deliver a keynote speech on July 5th and participate, as a panelist, in a political forum. Mr. Chang is the highest ranked Taiwan official ever to participate in TAC/EC.