Michael Gau

In this Chinese name, the family name is Gau.

Michael Gau (Chinese: 高聖惕; pinyin: Gāo Shèngtì) is a Taiwanese legal scholar and lawyer. He served as vice chairperson of the Aviation Safety Council from 21 May 2012 and was replaced by Chi Chia-fen in 2016.^[1][2]

Michael Gau
高聖惕
Vice Chairperson of Aviation Safety Council of the Republic of China
In office 21 May 2012 – 2016
Chairperson	Chang Yu-hern Hwung Hwung-hweng
Succeeded by	Chi Chia-fen
Personal details
Born	1963 (1963) (age 62) Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality	Republic of China
Education	National Taiwan University (LLB) University of Cambridge (LLM) King's College London (LLM) Leiden University (PhD)

Early life and education

Gau was born in 1963 in Taipei. He graduated from National Taiwan University with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) in 1987, then completed graduate studies in England. He earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) specializing in international law from the University of Cambridge in 1990 and earned a second LL.M. from King's College London in 1991. In 1997, Gau obtained his doctorate in law from Leiden University in the Netherlands in 1997.^[3]

Career

He has taught at National University of Kaohsiung in 2000–2005, Soochow University in 2005–2010, National Taiwan Ocean University in 2010–2017, Hainan University in 2017-2019 and Wuhan University since 2019.^[3]