Cheng Ming-chien explained

Cheng Ming-chien
Native Name Lang:zh
Term Start:20 May 2024
Office2:27th Chief Prosecutor of Taipei
Term Start2:3 May 2023
Term End2:20 May 2024
1Blankname2:Justice Minister
1Namedata2:Tsai Ching-hsiang
Predecessor2:Lin Ban-liang
Successor2:TBD
Office3:5th Director-General of the Agency Against Corruption
Term Start3:31 January 2019
Term End3:19 May 2022
1Blankname3:Justice Minister
1Namedata3:Tsai Ching-hsiang
Predecessor3:Chu Chia-chi
Successor3:Chuang Rong-sung
Office4:25th Chief Prosecutor of Yunlin
Term Start4:7 May 2015
Term End4:8 July 2018
1Blankname4:Justice Minister
1Namedata4:Luo Ying-shay
Chiu Tai-san
Predecessor4:Hung Pei-gen
Successor4:Cheng Hsin-hung
Birth Date:1958 10, df=y
Birth Place:Taiwan
Party:Independent

Cheng Ming-chien is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician who has served as justice minister since 2024.

Cheng earned a bachelor's degree in law from National Chung Hsing University.

He led the Ministry of Justice's Agency Against Corruption, was deputy head of the MOJ department of legal affairs, and served as chief prosecutor of Tainan, Yunlin, and Taipei before his appointment as Minister of Justice on 12 April 2024, by premier-designate Cho Jung-tai.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Hou . Elaine . Lai . Sunny . Hsieh . Hsing-en . Yeh . Kuan-yin . New education, justice and culture ministers announced . 12 April 2024 . Central News Agency . 12 April 2024.
  2. News: Chien . Li-chung . 2024 Elections: Bureaus to be on disinformation alert . 12 April 2024 . Taipei Times . 11 December 2023.