Hsueh Hsiang-chuan

Hsueh Hsiang-chuan is a Taiwanese biochemist and politician. He was the Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan in 2008–2009.

Education

After graduating from National Fengshan Senior High School, Hsueh studied chemistry as an undergraduate at National Taiwan University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry. He then completed doctoral studies in the United States, where he earned a Master of Science and his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Executive Yuan

Secretary-general resignation

Hsueh resigned from Executive Yuan secretary-general post with the other cabinet members of Executive Yuan following the slow disaster response after Typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan in August 2009.