{{Short description|Taiwanese political scientist}} {{family name hatnote|Chiu|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Chiu Chui-cheng | native_name = {{nobold|邱垂正}} | image = 邱垂正主任委員.png | caption = Official portrait, 2024 | office1 = 14th Minister of Mainland Affairs Council | term_start1 = 20 May 2024 | term_end1 = | prime_minister1 = Cho Jung-tai | deputy1 = | predecessor1 = Chiu Tai-san | successor1 = | office2 = Political Deputy Minister and Spokesperson of the Mainland Affairs Council | minister2 = Katharine Chang<br>Lin Cheng-yi (acting)<br>Chen Ming-tong | alongside2 = Lee Li-chen and Wu Mei-hung | term_start2 = 20 May 2016 | term_end2 = 30 January 2023 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | birth_date = December 10, 1965 | birth_place = | party = 25px Democratic Progressive Party | spouse = | children = | signature = | education = Soochow University (BA)<br />National Taiwan University (MA)<br>National Taiwan Normal University (PhD) }}
'''Chiu Chui-cheng''' ({{lang-zh|t=邱垂正|p=Qiū Chuízhèng}}; Tâi-lô: ''Khu Sûi-tsìng''; born December 10, 1965) is a Taiwanese political scientist who has been the minister of the Mainland Affairs Council since 2024. He previously served as the political deputy minister and spokesperson for the Mainland Affairs Council from 2016 to 2023.
==Early life and education== Chiu was born on December 10, 1965.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Li |first=Ya-wen |date=2024-04-25 |title=Chiu Chui-cheng's Appointment as Head of the Mainland Affairs Council, a Familiar Face to the CCP, Is Intended to Signal a Stance of “Maintaining the Status Quo” |url=https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aipl/202404250044.aspx |access-date=2026-03-10 |website= |publisher=Central News Agency |language=zh-Hant-TW}}</ref> He graduated from Soochow University with a bachelor's degree in political science in 1992, and earned a master's degree in economics from National Taiwan University in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Qiu Chuizheng, Vice Chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council, Executive Yuan |url=https://www.ieatpe.org.tw/ch/70th/guest_11.html |access-date=10 March 2026 |language=zh-tw}}</ref> He then earned his Ph.D. in political science from National Taiwan Normal University in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |date=20 May 2016 |title=Deputy Ministers |url=https://www.mac.gov.tw/en/cp.aspx?n=4C458E9581874BC8 |access-date=4 February 2021 |work=Mainland Affairs Council, Republic of China (Taiwan)}}</ref> His doctoral dissertation was titled, "The Construction of a Peaceful Integration Model Across the Taiwan Strait" (Chinese: 台海兩岸和平整合模式之建構).<ref>{{Cite web |title=台海兩岸和平整合模式之建構__臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統 |url=https://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/cgi-bin/gs32/gsweb.cgi/login?o=dnclcdr&s=id=%22095NTNU5227015%22.&searchmode=basic |access-date=2025-07-02 |website=ndltd.ncl.edu.tw |type=PhD Thesis}}</ref>
==Early career== Prior to his appointment as Deputy Minister, Chiu was a professor of the Department of International and Mainland China Affairs of National Quemoy University.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.asianews.network/content/taiwans-incoming-president-and-premier-appoint-key-posts-14526 |title=Taiwan's incoming president and premier appoint key posts | Asia News Network |access-date=2016-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230230544/http://www.asianews.network/content/taiwans-incoming-president-and-premier-appoint-key-posts-14526 |archive-date=2016-12-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==See also== * Cross-Strait relations
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