Chao Shou-po
Chao Shou-po (, born 1 March 1941) is a Taiwanese politician, educator, civic activist and lawyer who has served as Governor of Taiwan Province and Commissioner of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. He is also a prominent leader in the World Scout Movement. He has served as a Presidium Member of the Central Advisory Committee of the Kuomintang, and has taught law at several Taiwanese universities. Chao was the president of the Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Foundation Management Committee and the chairman of the Foundation of the Scouts of China (Taiwan). He has held many government posts including Labor Minister, Secretary-General of the Cabinet, Minister without Portfolio and Governor of the Province of Taiwan. Chao served the Ma Ying-jeou administration as senior adviser. Birth and education Chao Shou-po was born in March 1941 to a farming family in the countryside in what is now Lukang Township, Changhua County, Taiwan. In 1945, Taiwan was transferred from Japanese rule to the Nationalist Government of China and in 1947 Chao started his education. He graduated from the Tsaokang Elementary School of Lukang Township in 1953. In the same year, through a very competitive entrance examination, he was admitted to and enrolled at the junior