Paul Chiu | |
Native Name Lang: | zh-tw |
Office1: | 28th Deputy Prime Minister of Taiwan |
Primeminister1: | Liu Chao-shiuan |
Term Start1: | 20 May 2008 |
Term End1: | 10 September 2009 |
Predecessor1: | Chang Chun-hsiung (acting) |
Successor1: | Eric Chu |
Office2: | 21st Minister of Finance |
Deputy2: | Yen Ching-chang |
Term Start2: | 10 June 1996 |
Term End2: | 20 May 2000 |
Primeminister2: | Lien Chan Vincent Siew |
Predecessor2: | Lin Chen-kuo |
Successor2: | Shea Jia-dong |
Birth Place: | Karenkō Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan |
Nationality: | Empire of Japan (1942–1945) Taiwan (1945–present) |
Party: | Kuomintang |
Alma Mater: | National Taiwan University Ohio State University |
Paul Chiu Chang-hsiung (; born 19 February 1942) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the first appointed vice premier of Executive Yuan in the presidency of Ma Ying-jeou.[1] Before his vice premiership, he was the minister of Finance, during the previous govern of Kuomintang, from 1996 to 2000.
Paul Chiu first entered cabinet as minister of Finance in 1996 under the government of Lee Teng-hui. He was replaced following the party alternation in 2000 with the new ruling DPP government.
Followed by the party alternation again in 2008 with the KMT returned govern. He was appointed as the vice premier in the Liu Chao-shiuan cabinet.
Chiu and Premier Liu Chao-shiuan resigned on 10 September 2009 due to the slow disaster response by the government to Typhoon Morakot which struck Taiwan in August 2009.[2] He was replaced by the then-incumbent magistrate of Taoyuan, Eric Chu.