Chen Ming-tong
Chen Ming-tong (Chinese: 陳明通; pinyin: Chén Míngtōng; born 25 November 1955) is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician who served as the director-general of the National Security Bureau from 2021 to 2023 and the minister of the Mainland Affairs Council from 2018 to 2021 and 2007 to 2008.Chen earned his bachelor's, master's and his Ph.D. in political science from National Taiwan University (NTU) in 1979, 1981 and 1991, respectively.He was a thesis adviser to several politicians affiliated with the Democratic Progressive Party, including Chiu Chih-wei, Kao Chia-yu, Lin Chih-chien, Pan Men-an, Cheng Wen-tsan and Shen Fa-hui.[4][5] In 2024, he published a book with Puma Shen's preface, claiming that the "theses event" was political persecution influcented by mainland China.[6] However, the university declared that Lin and cheng had acept the degree cancellation, so Chen needs to apologize to the public as an advisor of master graduates.