Ting Mao-shih

丁懋時Secretary-General to the PresidentIn office
23 December 1999^[1] – 19 May 2000Preceded byJohn ChiangSucceeded byChang Chun-hsiungSecretary General of the National Security CouncilIn office
1 September 1994 – 31 January 1999Preceded byShih Chi-yangSucceeded byYin Tsung-wen [zh]Taiwanese Representative to the United StatesIn office
25 August 1988 – 8 September 1994Preceded byFredrick ChienSucceeded byBenjamin LuMinister of Foreign AffairsIn office
22 April 1987 – 20 July 1988Preceded byChu Fu-sungSucceeded byLien ChanROC Ambassador to South KoreaIn office
1979–1982Preceded byChu Fu-sungSucceeded byXue Yuqi [zh]Minister of the Government Information OfficeIn office
May 1975 – January 1979Preceded byFredrick ChienSucceeded byJames SoongROC Ambassador to ZaireIn office
1967–1971ROC Ambassador to Rwanda (Charge d'affaires until 1964)In office
1962–1967 Personal detailsBorn (1925-10-10) 10 October 1925 (age 98)
Yuanan, Yichang, Hubei, ChinaPolitical partyKuomintangAlma materUniversity of ParisOccupationdiplomat

Ting Mao-shih (Chinese: 丁懋時; pinyin: Dīng Màoshí; born 10 October 1925) is a Taiwanese diplomat and politician.

Ting attended the University of Paris and began working for the Central News Agency in 1956. He left two years later for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and began his diplomatic career.^[2] He was named a special adviser to the president after Chen Shui-bian was elected to the office in 2000, but chose to retire via resignation in August of that year.^[3] Ting served on a committee set up to investigate the 3-19 shooting incident of 2004,^[4] and was an adviser to Chen's successor Ma Ying-jeou starting in 2011.^[2]

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