Chen Yu-mei (; 22 July 1966 – 22 January 2017) was a Taiwanese politician. She served as Deputy Minister of the

Overseas Community Affairs Council The Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC; ; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Khièu-vu Vî-yèn-fi'') is a cabinet-level council of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The council was founded in 1926 in Canton (Guangzhou) in Kwangtung (Gua ...

of the

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from 18 September 2013 to 8 August 2014.

Education and early career

Chen obtained her bachelor's degree in

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from

Aoyama Gakuin University is a private Christian university in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Originally established in 1874 by missionaries from the Methodist Episcopal Church, it was reconfigured in its current form in 1949 as part of Aoyama Gakuin. Aoyama Gakuin Universit ...

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and her Executive

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

from

National Taiwan University National Taiwan University (NTU; ) is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. The university was founded in 1928 during Japanese rule as the seventh of the Imperial Universities. It was named Taihoku Imperial University and served d ...

. She worked in the media as a TV and radio host and spokesperson.

Political career

She was a member of

Taipei City Council Taipei City Council () is the city council of Taipei, Taiwan. One of the largest local councils in Taiwan, the city council is currently composed of 63 councillors, all elected lately in the 2018 Taiwanese local elections. Composition ...

for five consecutive terms from 25 December 1994 until 25 December 2010. During her term on the city council, she worked with non-profit organizations and exchange programs with sister cities abroad, gaining familiarity with overseas community affairs.

Overseas Community Affairs Council Deputy Ministry

Appointment

On 18 September 2013, the

appointed Chen as the Deputy Minister of the

, after the reorganization of the council to have only two deputy ministers. Chen's mandate was to guide overseas community affairs regarding business, students, news and overseas Chinese media, and to assist the OCAC in cooperating with the

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to help develop emerging markets, construct a global network for overseas youth, and cultivate and retain talent.

Resignation

On 8 August 2014, Chen officially resigned to attend to other career plans. A tea party was held that day to see off the departing Deputy Minister Chen, which was attended by Minister Chen Shyh-kwei, Deputy Minister Roy Leu, all OCAC staff as well as her mother. Minister Chen granted her a Grade 1 Huaguang Professional Medal and volunteer's hat and vest, hoping that she would always be an overseas Chinese affairs volunteer. Chen expressed her gratitude for having served at the council and thanked her staff for their assistance and support over the previous 10 months of her deputy ministerial term. She was succeeded by Hsin Shih-chang, a professor from

National Taiwan Normal University National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU; ), or ''Shīdà'' is an institution of higher education and normal school operating out of three campuses in Taipei, Taiwan. NTNU is the leading research institute in such disciplines as Education and Lin ...

References

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