Katharine Chang

Katharine Chang
*Chang Hsiao-yueh*
Katharine Chang; Chang Hsiao-yueh
張小月
Chairwoman of the Straits Exchange Foundation
	In office; 27 March 2018 – 5 June 2020
Deputy	Ko Cheng-heng; Yao Jen-to
Preceded by	Tien Hung-mao
Succeeded by	David Lee
12th Minister of Mainland Affairs Council
	In office; 20 May 2016 – 26 February 2018
Deputy	Chang Tien-chin, Chiu Chui-cheng, Lin Cheng-yi
Preceded by	Andrew Hsia
Succeeded by	Lin Cheng-yi (acting); Chen Ming-tong
Director of the Coordination Council for North American Affairs
	In office; 1 January 2016 – 20 May 2016
Preceded by	David Lee
Succeeded by	Tao Yi-fen
ROC Representative to Australia
	In office; December 2011 – 31 December 2014
Succeeded by	David Lee
ROC Representative to the United Kingdom
	In office; December 2007 – December 2011
Preceded by	Edgar Lin
Succeeded by	Shen Lyu-shun
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China
	In office; April 2006 – December 2007
Minister	James C. F. Huang
ROC Representative to the Netherlands
	In office; February 2003 – April 2006
Succeeded by	Larry Wang
ROC Ambassador to Saint Kitts and Nevis
	In office; December 1997 – March 2001
Personal details
Born	12 February 1953 (age 71)
Nationality	Republic of China
Alma mater	National Chengchi University; Long Island University

Katharine Chang (Chinese: 張小月; pinyin: Zhāng Xiǎoyuè; born 12 February 1953) is a Taiwanese diplomat.

Early life

Chang obtained her bachelor's degree from the Department of Diplomacy of National Chengchi University. She then obtained her master's degree in international relations from Long Island University in the United States.^[2]

Chang began her diplomatic career in 1976. In January 1995, she was named leader of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Seattle, and became the first woman to serve as a representative of Taiwan. In 1997, Chang was appointed Taiwan's first woman ambassador when she accepted a post to St Kitts and Nevis and Dominica. Upon succeeding Henry Chen as director-general of the Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Chang became the Ministry of Foreign Affairs first spokeswoman.^[3] She was the ROC representative to the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2011 and to Australia from 2011 to 2014.^[4] The next year, she was appointed to lead the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States.^[5] In 2016, Chang was named the minister of the Mainland Affairs Council.^[6] She left the Mainland Affairs Council in February 2018, and succeeded Tien Hung-mao as leader of the Straits Exchange Foundation that March.^[7] Chang was replaced at the SEF by David Lee on 5 June 2020.^[8] Chang subsequently chaired the Taiwan–Hong Kong Economic and Cultural Co-operation Council.^[9] In September of the same year, she began serving as Taiwanese representative to Austria.^[10]