Su Chi

Not to be confused with Su Qi (rugby union).

In this Chinese name, the family name is Su.

Su Chi (Chinese: 蘇起; pinyin: Sū Qǐ; born 1 October 1949) is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician. Su served as Secretary-General of the National Security Council from 2008 to 2010. Previously, he was the Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan from 1 February 1999 to 19 May 2000.^[1]

Su Chi
蘇起
Secretary-General of the National Security Council
In office 20 May 2008 – 23 February 2010
Preceded by	Mark Chen Chen Chung-hsin (acting)
Succeeded by	Hu Wei-jen
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 2005 – 31 January 2008
Constituency	ROC
Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council
In office 1 February 1999 – 19 May 2000
Preceded by	Chang King-yuh
Succeeded by	Tsai Ing-wen
Minister of the Government Information Office
In office 10 June 1996 – 15 May 1997
Vice	David Lee
Preceded by	Jason Hu
Succeeded by	David Lee
Personal details
Born	(1949-10-01) 1 October 1949 (age 76) Taichung, Taiwan
Party	Kuomintang
Education	National Chengchi University (BA) Johns Hopkins University (MA) Columbia University (MA, PhD)

Su coined the phrase 1992 Consensus in early 2000 to describe the position on One China issues that developed following the October–November 1992 discussions between the Strait Exchange Foundation (SEF) and the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS).^[2]

Early life and education

Su was born in Taichung in 1949. After high school, he studied political science at National Chengchi University, where he was classmates with Jason Hu,^[3] and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1971. He then pursued graduate studies in the United States, earning a master's degree from Johns Hopkins University at the School of Advanced International Studies in 1975, a Master of Arts in political science from Columbia University in 1980, and his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1984.^[4] His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Soviet Image of and Policy toward China, 1969–1979".^[5][6]

After earning his doctorate from Columbia, Su was a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University.^[4]

Mainland China visit

2005

In 2005, Su accompanied Kuomintang Chairperson Lien Chan to visit Nanjing in Jiangsu to meet with the high officials of Chinese Communist Party (CCP).^[7]

2013

In June 2013, Su and delegates led by Kuomintang (KMT) Honorary Chairman Wu Po-hsiung visited China and met with CCP general secretary Xi Jinping. The delegation included KMT Vice Chairpersons Hung Hsiu-chu and Huang Min-hui. This was his first visit to China after he left the National Security Council (NSC), citing that the ROC law prohibits him to visit China at least three years after he had left his NSC post.^[8]

Personal life

Su Chi's younger brother is Su Yeong-chin.^[9]