Ho Mei-yueh

Ho Mei-yueh (Chinese: 何美玥; pinyin: Hé Měiyuè; born 9 January 1951) is a Taiwanese politician.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ho.
Ho Mei-yueh
何美玥
Minister of Council for Economic Planning and Development
In office
21 May 2007 – 20 May 2008
Preceded byHu Sheng-cheng
Succeeded byChen Tain-jy
Minister of Economic Affairs
In office
20 May 2004 – 25 January 2006
Preceded byLin Yi-fu
Succeeded byHuang Ing-san
Personal details
Born (1951-01-09) 9 January 1951
NationalityTaiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
Alma materNational Taiwan University
National Chengchi University

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 the 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.

References
  1. "The New Cabinet". Taiwan Today. 1 March 2006. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016. Alt URL
  2. "The New Cabinet". Taiwan Info. 1 April 2005. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  3. "Ho Mei-yueh touted for MOEA post". Taipei Times.
  4. Sui, Cindy (20 May 2016). "Taiwan, the place to be a woman in politics". BBC. Retrieved 22 May 2016.


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