Sun Te-hsiung

Sun Te-hsiung was a Taiwanese sociologist who served as the Minister of the Research, [Development and Evaluation Commission] of the Executive Yuan from 1991 to 1994.

Life and career

Sun was born in Taiwan on 30 January 1930 during Japanese rule. After graduating from National Taiwan University, he completed doctoral studies in the United States, where he earned his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Michigan in 1968 under sociology professor David Goldberg. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Socio-structural analysis of fertility differentials in Taiwan".
Sun died on 25 June 2025, at the age of 95.