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Yeh Chu-lan

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Yeh Chu-lan
葉菊蘭
Official portrait, 2004
Senior Advisor to the President
In office
9 November 2016 – 20 May 2024
PresidentTsai Ing-wen
25th Secretary-General to the President
In office
20 August 2007 – 22 March 2008
PresidentChen Shui-bian
Preceded byCho Jung-tai (acting)
Succeeded byMark Chen
Acting Mayor of Kaohsiung
In office
20 December 2005 – 25 December 2006
Preceded byChen Chi-mai (acting)
Succeeded byChen Chu
24th Vice Premier of Taiwan
In office
20 May 2004 – 21 February 2005
PremierYu Shyi-kun
Preceded byLin Hsin-i
Succeeded byWu Rong-i
2nd Minister of the Hakka Affairs Council
In office
1 February 2002 – 19 May 2004
PremierYu Shyi-kun
Preceded byFan Kuang-chun
Succeeded byLuo Wen-jia
18th Minister of Transportation and Communications
In office
20 May 2000 – 1 February 2002
PremierTang Fei
Chang Chun-hsiung
Preceded byChen Shih-yi
Succeeded byLin Ling-san
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 December 1990 – 20 May 2000
ConstituencyTaipei 2 (1990–1993; 1996–2000)
Taiwan (1993–1996)
Personal details
Born (1949-02-13) 13 February 1949 (age 75)
Tongluo, Miaoli County, Taiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
SpouseCheng Nan-jung
EducationFu Jen Catholic University

Yeh Chu-lan (Chinese: 葉菊蘭; pinyin: Yè Júlán; Wade–Giles: Yeh Chü-lan; born 1949) is a Taiwanese politician who served as the Vice Premier of Taiwan under the Yu Shyi-kun cabinet. She has also served as the acting Mayor of Kaohsiung, Minister of Transportation and Communications, Minister of Council for Hakka Affairs, and the secretary-general of the presidential office of Taiwan under the Chen Shui-bian government. She was the senior advisor to President Tsai Ing-wen.

Career

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Yeh worked in advertising for seventeen years prior to entering politics after her husband, Cheng Nan-jung, a dissident, chose to commit suicide rather than be arrested in 1989.

In 1992, she was the deputy convener of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Caucus in Legislative Yuan, and convener in 1995.

First DPP administration

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From 2000 to 2002, Yeh was third in the Cabinet in her position as Minister of Transportation and Communications. She was Chairperson of the Council for Hakka Affairs from 2002 to 2004. In 2004 she was named Vice Premier, as well as Minister of Consumer Protection and Minister responsible for the Council for Economic Planning and Development. In late 2005, she became the first female acting mayor of Kaohsiung when then-mayor Frank Hsieh was appointed Premier.

She was sworn in as the Presidential Office secretary-general in August 2007.[1]

Yeh was amongst the front runners to serve as DPP 2008 presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's vice-presidential running mate, however former Premier and DPP Chairman Su Tseng-chang was eventually chosen for the role.

Second & third DPP administration

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Yeh in 2024.

During the Presidency of Tsai Ing-wen, Yeh served as the senior advisor of the Office of the President.

In 2017, she was elected chairwoman of the Taiwan Visitors Association.[2]

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Ko Shu-ling (21 August 2007). "Yeh Chu-lan sworn in as secretary-general". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  2. ^ Wang, Shu-fen; Chang, S. C. (25 January 2017). "Yeh Chu-lan elected head of Taiwan Visitors Association". Central News Agency. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
Preceded by Minister of Transportation and Communications
2000–2002
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of the Hakka Affairs Council
2002–2004
Succeeded by
Preceded by Vice Premier of the Republic of China
2004–2005
Succeeded by
Preceded by Mayor of Kaohsiung (Acting)
2005–2006
Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary-General to the President
2007–2008
Succeeded by