Tseng Ming-chung explained

Tseng Ming-chung
Honorific-Suffix:MLY
Office1:Minority Leader of the Legislative Yuan
Term Start1:10 February 2022
Term End1:31 January 2024
1Blankname1:Speaker
1Namedata1:Yu Shyi-kun
2Blankname1:Secretary General
Predecessor1:Alex Fai
Successor1:Ker Chien-ming
Office2:Member of the Legislative Yuan
Term Start2:1 February 2016
Term End2:31 January 2024
Constituency2:Party-list
Order3:Acting
Office3:Secretary-General of the Kuomintang
1Blankname3:Chairman
1Namedata3:Lin Rong-te
Johnny Chiang
Term Start3:15 January 2020
Term End3:18 March 2020
Predecessor3:Tseng Yung-chuan
Successor3:Lee Chien-lung
Office4:7th Chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission
Primeminister4:Jiang Yi-huah
Mao Chi-kuo
Deputy4:Wang Li-ling, Huang Tien-mu
Term Start4:1 August 2013
Term End4:31 January 2016
Predecessor4:Chen Yuh-chang
Successor4:Wang Li-ling
Office5:Political Deputy Minister of Finance
Minister5:Chang Sheng-ford
Term Start5:2012
Term End5:July 2013
Successor5:Wu Tang-chieh
Office6:Administrative Deputy Minister of Finance
Minister6:Lee Sush-der
Christina Liu
Term Start6:2008
Term End6:2012
Birth Date:[1]
Nationality:Taiwan
Alma Mater:National Chung Hsing University
National Taipei University

Tseng Ming-chung or William Tseng (; born 22 January 1959) is a Taiwanese politician. He has served as Deputy Minister of Finance, chaired the Financial Supervisory Commission, and as an elected member of the Legislative Yuan.

Education

Tseng obtained his doctoral degree in business administration from National Taipei University.[2]

Political career

As deputy minister of finance, Tseng commented on the amendment to raise the tax and health and welfare surcharge on tobacco in early May 2013. He stated that the move would result in a loss of NT$610 million in tax revenue but it will bring in an extra NT$25 billion in income used for health and welfare funds.[3]

He was named the Chairperson of the Financial Supervisory Commission of the Executive Yuan on 1 August 2013.[4]

Tseng was elected to the Legislative Yuan through the proportional representation ballot in 2016, as a member of the Kuomintang.[5] Prior to the election, he was an independent.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 數位網路報: 曾銘宗宦海浮沉. hanreporter.blogspot.com. 2014-08-22.
  2. Web site: The Legislative Yuan Republic of China-Tseng,Ming-chung-Brief Introduction. 23 July 2013 .
  3. Web site: Ministers agree to raise tobacco duties. Taipei Times. 10 May 2013 . 2014-08-22.
  4. Web site: Defense chief exits in Cabinet reshuffle. China Post. 2014-08-22.
  5. News: Lin. Liang-sheng. Ninth legislature to vote on speaker. 1 February 2016. Taipei Times. 1 February 2016.
  6. News: KMT Party List for At-Large Legislative Candidates Partially Revealed. 4 February 2016. Kuomintang News Network. 18 November 2015.