Emile Sheng

{{Short description|Taiwanese politician}} {{family name hatnote|Sheng|lang=Chinese}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Sheng Chih-jen | native_name = {{no bold|盛治仁}} | image = Emile Sheng (cropped).jpg | caption = | order1 = | office1 = Minister of Council for Cultural Affairs of the Republic of China | term_start1 = 16 November 2009 | term_end1 = 27 November 2011 | predecessor1 = Huang Pi-twan | successor1 = Ovid Tzeng | birth_date = {{birth date and age text|5 January 1968}} | birth_place = Kaohsiung, Taiwan | party = | spouse = | children = | signature = | education = National Chengchi University (BA)<br>Northwestern University (PhD) }}

'''Sheng''' '''Chih-jen''' ({{lang-zh|t=盛治仁|p=Shèng Zhìrén}}; born 5 January 1968), also known by his English name '''Emile Sheng''', is a Taiwanese political scientist. He was the Minister of the Council for Cultural Affairs from 2009 to 2011.

==Education== Sheng graduated from National Chengchi University with a bachelor's degree in diplomacy, then completed doctoral studies in the United States, where he earned his Ph.D. in political science from Northwestern University in 1998 under political scientist Benjamin Page.<ref name="taiwantoday.tw">{{cite web|url=http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xitem=74823&ctnode=453&mp=9|date=4 November 2009|title=Deaflympics head tapped as cultural minister|publisher=Taiwan Today|accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref> His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Information processing and the evaluation of presidential candidates: Issues, candidates, and partisanship".<ref>{{Cite web |date=1998 |title=Information processing and the evaluation of presidential candidates: Issues, candidates, and partisanship |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/000d94c4a10bcae47c9e66754f1f3938 |access-date=16 October 2025 |publisher=Proquest |type=PhD Thesis}}</ref>

==Early career== Sheng was the chief executive officer of the 2009 Summer Deaflympics organizing committee in Taipei in 2009.<ref name="taiwantoday.tw"/>

==Council of Cultural Affairs== On 17 November 2011, Sheng tendered his resignation after he was criticized for organizing an extravagant musical to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Day of the Republic of China which cost NT$215 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/20/2003518766|date=20 November 2011|first=Shih|last=Hsiu-chuan|title=2012 ELECTION: Ovid Tzeng replaces Emile Sheng as new culture minister|website=Taipei Times|accessdate=9 November 2011}}</ref>

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