| Li Meng-yen | |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-tw |
| Office1: | 29th Minister of Transportation and Communication |
| Term Start1: | 20 May 2024 |
| Term End1: | 19 August 2024 |
| Primeminister1: | Cho Jung-tai |
| Predecessor1: | Wang Kwo-tsai |
| Successor1: | Chen Yen-po (acting) |
| Order2: | 38th |
| Office2: | Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan |
| Primeminister2: | Su Tseng-chang Chen Chien-jen |
| Deputy2: | Ho Pei-shan Sung Yu-hsieh |
| Term Start2: | 14 January 2019 |
| Term End2: | 20 May 2024 |
| Predecessor2: | Ho Pei-shan (acting) |
| Successor2: | Kung Ming-hsin |
| Office3: | Acting Spokesperson of the Executive Yuan |
| Primeminister3: | Su Tseng-chang |
| Term Start3: | 6 November 2020 |
| Term End3: | 17 February 2021 |
| Predecessor3: | Ting Yi-ming |
| Successor3: | Luo Bing-cheng |
| Office4: | Mayor of Tainan |
| Order4: | Acting |
| Term Start4: | 8 September 2017 |
| Term End4: | 25 December 2018 |
| Predecessor4: | William Lai |
| Successor4: | Huang Wei-che |
| Birth Date: | 12 December 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Changhua County, Taiwan |
| Spouse: | Wu Mei-xiu |
| Citizenship: | Taiwanese |
| Party: | Independent |
| Alma Mater: | National Chung Hsing University UNESCO-IHE |
Li Meng-yen (; born 12 December 1966) is a Taiwanese politician. He has served as the minister of Transportation and Communications from May to August 2024 and secretary-general of the Executive Yuan from January 2019 to May 2024.[1] In an acting capacity, he was mayor of Tainan from September 2017 to December 2018 and Executive Yuan spokesperson from November 2020 to February 2021.[2] [3]
Li obtained his bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from National Chung Hsing University and master's degree in water science and engineering from UNESCO-IHE in the Netherlands.[4]
Li had been the assistant engineer and branch head of Housing and Urban Development Bureau of Taiwan Provincial Government. At the Taipei County Government, he had been the section chief and technical specialist of Public Works Bureau and acting and vice director-general of Water Resource Bureau and secretary. At the Public Construction Commission, he was the vice director of Department of Construction Management. At the Taipei City Government, he was the director of Sewerage Systems Office of Public Works Department.[5]
In the Tainan City Government, he was the director-general of Water Resource Bureau and secretary-general. Li was appointed acting Tainan Mayor on 7 September 2017 as William Lai was named premier by president Tsai Ing-wen.[6] Speaking at a summit held at National Cheng Kung University in June 2018, Li said that his city government aimed to declare English as the second official language of Tainan, starting by having bilingual signs on information at major public places.[7]
He took office as secretary-general of the Executive Yuan on 14 January 2019, with the second Su Tseng-chang cabinet.[8] [9] Li was named the spokesman of the Executive Yuan on an interim basis on 15 November 2020, following the resignation of Ting Yi-ming from the position.[10] [11] Li was named Minister of Transportation and Communications in the Cho Jung-tai-led Executive Yuan on 12 April 2024.[12] Li resigned from the Cho cabinet on 19 August 2024, after posts to PTT indicated that he had been in an extramarital affair for ten years.[13] [14]