Ho Mei-yueh

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 by	Hu Sheng-cheng
Succeeded by	Chen Tain-jy
Minister of Economic Affairs
In office 20 May 2004 – 25 January 2006
Preceded by	Lin Yi-fu
Succeeded by	Huang Ing-san
Personal details
Born	(1951-01-09) 9 January 1951 (age 74)
Nationality	Taiwanese
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Education	National Taiwan University (BS) National Chengchi University (MS)

Ho Mei-yueh (Chinese: 何美玥; pinyin: Hé Měiyuè; 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]

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. 14 April 2004.
4. Sui, Cindy (20 May 2016). "Taiwan, the place to be a woman in politics". BBC. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
5. Kao, Evelyn (2021-11-03). "Taiwan's ex-Legislative speaker conferred with Japan honor". Focus Taiwan.

External links

• Ho on women and leadership