{{Short description|Taiwanese politician and educator}} {{family name hatnote|Yang|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | caption = | office1 = President of Fo Guang University | term_start1 = 2 August 2010 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = Weng Zhengyi | successor1 = | office2 = Minister of Examination | term_start2 = 1 September 2008 | term_end2 = 2 August 2010 | predecessor2 = Huang Yabang (acting) | successor2 = Lai Feng-wei | office3 = Minister of Education | term_start3 = 16 June 1999 | term_end3 = 20 May 2000 | predecessor3 = Lin Ching-chiang | successor3 = Ovid Tzeng | office4 = Director of Examination | term_start4 = September 1997 | term_end4 = July 1999 | predecessor4 = Huang Ta-chou | successor4 = Wei Qilin | name = Yang Chao-hsiang | native_name_lang = zh-hant | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|11|5}} | birth_place = Xizhi, Taipei County, Taiwan | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|}} or {{death year and age| }} --> | death_place = | party = Kuomintang | spouse = <!-- {{marriage||}} --> | children = | parents = | relations = | profession = | website = | signature = | footnotes = | education = National Taiwan Normal University (BEd)<br>Minnesota State University (MA)<br>Pennsylvania State University (PhD) }}
'''Yang Chao-hsiang''' ({{lang-zh|c=楊朝祥|p=Yáng Cháoxiáng}}; born 5 November 1947) is a Taiwanese educator who has been the president of Fo Guang University since 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nuit.edu.cn/Item/3900.aspx |script-title=zh:台湾佛光大学杨朝祥校长一行莅临学院洽谈合作 |work=nuit.edu.cn |date=2016-10-24 |language=zh |archive-date=2018-10-16 |access-date=2018-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016165217/http://www.nuit.edu.cn/Item/3900.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://fjsdfxb.cuepa.cn/show_more.php?tkey=&bkey=&doc_id=2211707 |script-title=zh:台湾佛光大学校长杨朝祥一行来校考察交流 |work=cuepa.cn |date=2017-03-15 |language=zh |archive-date=2018-10-16 |access-date=2018-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016165259/http://fjsdfxb.cuepa.cn/show_more.php?tkey=&bkey=&doc_id=2211707 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was previously Minister of Examination from 2008 to 2010, Minister of Education from 1999 to 2000, and Director of Examination from 1997 to 1999.
== Early life and education == Yang was born on November 5, 1947, in Xizhi Township, Taipei County, Taiwan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2012 |title=Who's Who in the ROC [2012] |url=https://www.ey.gov.tw/upload/relfile/656/2561/6a40b688-46ef-48bb-a2a7-43aacb86b6d3.pdf |access-date=26 December 2025 |publisher=Executive Yuan |page=493}}</ref> He graduated from the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University.
After high school, Yang earned a B.Ed. from National Taiwan Normal University in 1970. He then completed graduate studies in the United States, earning a master's degree in vocational education from Minnesota State University in 1975 and his Ph.D. in education from Pennsylvania State University in 1978.<ref name=":0" />
== Career == After receiving his doctorate, Yang was an assistant professor of vocational education at the University of Arkansas from 1978 to 1980. He then returned to Taiwan and was an associate professor of industrial education from 1980 to 1982 at National Taiwan Normal University, where he later became a full professor and served as the department head of its industrial arts education department from 1982 to 1986.<ref name=":0" />
In 1986, Yang entered politics at the Ministry of Education. In 1997 he was promoted to become Minister of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission, a position he held until 1999, when he was appointed Minister of Education. After leaving office, he became a member of the Standing Committee of the Kuomintang.
In September 2008 he was appointed Minister of Examination, and served until August 2010.
On August 2, 2010, he was hired by Hsing Yun as President of Fo Guang University.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.cntv.cn/20110518/109955.shtml |script-title=zh:台湾佛光大学校长杨朝祥一行到湖南株洲考察 |work=CNTV |date=2011-05-18 |language=zh |archive-date=2018-10-16 |access-date=2018-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016165049/http://news.cntv.cn/20110518/109955.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.ruc.edu.cn/archives/66547 |script-title=zh:陈雨露校长会见台湾佛光大学校长杨朝祥 推进两校学术交流合作 |work=ruc.edu.cn |date=2013-10-23 |language=zh |archive-date=2018-10-17 |access-date=2018-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017001708/http://news.ruc.edu.cn/archives/66547 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On January 1, 2010, he was offered a post of President's Council of Advisors.
==References== {{reflist}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Chao-hsiang}} Category:1947 births Category:Living people Category:National Taiwan Normal University alumni Category:Pennsylvania State University alumni Category:Taiwanese educators Category:Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Taipei Category:Ministers of education of Taiwan Category:Minnesota State University, Mankato alumni