Ho Mei-yueh explained

Ho Mei-yueh
Native Name:何美玥
Nationality:Taiwanese
Office1:Minister of Council for Economic Planning and Development
Term Start1:21 May 2007
Term End1:20 May 2008
Predecessor1:Hu Sheng-cheng
Successor1:Chen Tain-jy
Office2:Minister of Economic Affairs
Term Start2:20 May 2004
Term End2:25 January 2006
Predecessor2:Lin Yi-fu
Successor2:Huang Ing-san
Birth Date:1951 1, df=y
Party:Democratic Progressive Party
Alma Mater:National Taiwan University
National Chengchi University

Ho Mei-yueh (; 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 then 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.

In 2021, Ho received Japan's Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, for her contributions to "facilitating exchanges between Taiwan and Japan in the areas of economics and science and technology.".[5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: The New Cabinet. 10 June 2016. Taiwan Today. 1 March 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20160816150453/http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xitem=1186&ctnode=1347&mp=9. 16 August 2016. Alt URL
  2. News: The New Cabinet. 10 June 2016. Taiwan Info. 1 April 2005.
  3. Web site: Ho Mei-yueh touted for MOEA post. Taipei Times. 14 April 2004 .
  4. News: Sui. Cindy. Taiwan, the place to be a woman in politics. 22 May 2016. BBC. 20 May 2016.
  5. Web site: Kao. Evelyn. Taiwan's ex-Legislative speaker conferred with Japan honor . Focus Taiwan . 2021-11-03.