Joseph Wu

Joseph Wu Wu Jaushieh
吳釗燮
Official portrait, 2024
15th & 19th Secretary-General of the National Security Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 May 2024
President	Lai Ching-te
Deputy	See list Lin Fei-fan Hsu Szu-chien Liu Te-chin
Preceded by	Wellington Koo
In office 20 May 2016 – 22 May 2017
President	Tsai Ing-wen
Deputy	See list Chen Chun-lin York Chen
Preceded by	Kao Hua-chu
Succeeded by	Yen Teh-fa
27th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 26 February 2018 – 20 May 2024
Prime Minister	Lai Ching-te Su Tseng-Chang Chen Chien-jen
Deputy	Vice José María Liu, Miguel Tsao Deputy Hou Ching-shan, Kelly Hsieh Hsu Szu-chien, Tseng Hou-jen, Tien Chung-kwang
Preceded by	David Lee
Succeeded by	Lin Chia-lung
34th Secretary-General to the President
In office 22 May 2017 – 26 February 2018
President	Tsai Ing-wen
Deputy	Liu Chien-sin Yao Jen-to
Preceded by	Liu Chien-sin (acting)
Succeeded by	Liu Chien-sin (acting)
20th Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party
In office 28 May 2014 – 24 May 2016
Chairwomen	Tsai Ing-wen
Preceded by	Lin Hsi-yao
Succeeded by	Hung Yao-fu
10th Ambassador of Taiwan to the United States
In office 10 April 2007 – 26 July 2008
President	Chen Shui-bian Ma Ying-jeou
Preceded by	David Lee
Succeeded by	Jason Yuan
7th Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council
In office 20 May 2004 – 10 April 2007
Prime Minister	Yu Shyi-kun Frank Hsieh Su Tseng-chang
Preceded by	Tsai Ing-wen
Succeeded by	Chen Ming-tong
Personal details
Born	(1954-10-31) October 31, 1954 (age 70) Dacheng, Changhua County, Taiwan
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party (since 2002)
Education	National Chengchi University (BA) University of Missouri–St. Louis (MA) Ohio State University (PhD)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	吳釗燮
Simplified Chinese	呉钊燮
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wú Zhāoxiè Wade–Giles Wú Chāo-hsièh Tongyong Pinyin Wú Jhaosiè Yale Romanization Wú Jāusyè IPA [tɕjàŋ tʰǐŋfǔ] Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Ng4 Ciu1-sit8 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Ngô͘ Chiau-siat

Joseph Wu Jaushieh^[1] (Chinese: 吳釗燮; pinyin: Wú Zhāoxiè; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ngô͘ Chiau-siat; born October 31, 1954) is a Taiwanese political scientist and diplomat currently serving as secretary-general of the National Security Council since 2024. He was formerly the foreign minister from 2018 to 2024 and secretary-general to the presidential office of Tsai Ing-wen from 2017 to 2018.

Wu graduated from National Chengchi University, and completed advanced studies in the United States at the University of Missouri and Ohio State University, where he earned a PhD. From 2007 to 2008, he was Chief Representative of Taiwan to the United States as the head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington, D.C., having been appointed to that position by President Chen Shui-bian to succeed his predecessor, David Lee, who was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. On February 26, 2018, he succeeded Lee in that role as well.^[2]