Ho Mei-yueh

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Ho.
Ho Mei-yueh
何美玥
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Minister of Council for Economic Planning and Development
In office
21 May 2007 – 20 May 2008
Preceded byHu Sheng-cheng
Succeeded byChen Tain-jy
Minister of Economic Affairs
In office
20 May 2004 – 25 January 2006
Preceded byLin Yi-fu
Succeeded byHuang Ing-san
Personal details
Born (1951-01-09) 9 January 1951 (age 70)
NationalityTaiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
Alma materNational Taiwan University
National Chengchi University

Ho Mei-yueh (Chinese: 何美玥; pinyin: Hé Měiyuè; born 9 January 1951) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education[]

Ho studied agricultural chemistry at National Taiwan University and technology management and business administration at National Chengchi University.[1][2]

Political career[]

Ho joined the Ministry of Economic Affairs in 1975 by becoming a technician at the Industrial Development Bureau, in which she was promoted as the deputy director-general of the bureau in 1994.[3] She was named the economics minister in 2004 and served until 2006. She the led the Council for Economic Planning and Development from 2007 to 2008. Tsai Ing-wen offered Ho the opportunity to return as economics minister in 2016, but she did not accept,[4] leading the Tsai administration to select Chih-Kung Lee instead.

References[]

  1. ^ "The New Cabinet". Taiwan Today. 1 March 2006. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016. Alt URL
  2. ^ "The New Cabinet". Taiwan Info. 1 April 2005. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Ho Mei-yueh touted for MOEA post". Taipei Times.
  4. ^ Sui, Cindy (20 May 2016). "Taiwan, the place to be a woman in politics". BBC. Retrieved 22 May 2016.

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