Joseph Wu

Wu Jaushieh
吳釗燮
Official portrait, 2024
15th & 19th Secretary-General of the National Security Council
Assumed office
20 May 2024
PresidentLai Ching-te
Deputy
See list
Preceded byWellington Koo
In office
20 May 2016  22 May 2017
PresidentTsai Ing-wen
Deputy
See list
    • Chen Chun-lin
    • York Chen
Preceded byKao Hua-chu
Succeeded byYen Teh-fa
27th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
26 February 2018  20 May 2024
Prime MinisterLai Ching-te
Su Tseng-Chang
Chen Chien-jen
Deputy
Preceded byDavid Lee
Succeeded byLin Chia-lung
34th Secretary-General to the President
In office
22 May 2017  26 February 2018
PresidentTsai Ing-wen
Deputy
Preceded byLiu Chien-sin (acting)
Succeeded byLiu Chien-sin (acting)
20th Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party
In office
28 May 2014  24 May 2016
ChairwomenTsai Ing-wen
Preceded byLin Hsi-yao
Succeeded byHung Yao-fu
10th Ambassador of Taiwan to the United States
In office
10 April 2007  26 July 2008
PresidentChen Shui-bian
Ma Ying-jeou
Preceded byDavid Lee
Succeeded byJason Yuan
7th Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council
In office
20 May 2004  10 April 2007
Prime Minister
Preceded byTsai Ing-wen
Succeeded byChen Ming-tong
Personal details
Born (1954-10-31) October 31, 1954
Dacheng, Changhua County, Taiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party (since 2002)
Education
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese吳釗燮
Simplified Chinese呉钊燮
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWú Zhāoxiè
Gwoyeu RomatzyhWu Jaushieh
Wade–GilesWú Chāo-hsièh
Tongyong PinyinWú Jhaosiè
Yale RomanizationWú Jāusyè
IPA[tɕjàŋ tʰǐŋfǔ]
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingNg4 Ciu1-sit8
Southern Min
Hokkien POJNgô͘ Chiau-siat

Wu Jaushieh (Chinese: 吳釗燮; pinyin: Wú Zhāoxiè; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ngô͘ Chiau-siat; born October 31, 1954), also known by his English name Joseph Wu, 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.