Succeeded by Gordon Chen | ||
Preceded by Shih Jun-jiSusan Chang (acting) Born 5 August 1940 (age 76) ( 1940-08-05 ) Alma mater National Taiwan UniversityUniversity of Rochester | ||
Hu Sheng-cheng (Chinese: 胡勝正; born 5 August 1940) is a Taiwanese economist. He led the Council for Economic Planning and Development from 2004 to 2007 and the Financial Supervisory Commission from 2007 to 2008.
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Academic career
Hu studied economics at the University of Rochester in the United States, where he earned a Ph.D, after having graduated from National Taiwan University in 1962. He then stayed in the United States, and began a teaching career at Purdue University in 1968. Hu returned to Taiwan in 1996, teaching at NTU and holding a concurrent appointment at the Academia Sinica until 2001.
Political career
Hu was appointed a minister without portfolio in 2001 and had oversight of financial policies. In 2004, he was named the head of the Council for Economic Planning and Development, in addition to his duties as minister without portfolio. After the resignation of Shih Jun-ji in January 2007, Hu was selected to chair the Financial Supervisory Commission. He stepped down in July 2008, and was replaced by Gordon Chen.
Hu later returned to the Academia Sinica as a research fellow.