Christine Tsung (; born 1948) is a Taiwanese business executive and politician.

Career

Tsung earned an MBA from the

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and worked in the United States prior to joining China Airlines in 2000 as president of the company. In December 2001, China Airlines and

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signed a marketing agreement. Yu Shyi-kun offered her a position as Minister of Economic Affairs in January 2002, which Tsung initially turned down. She succeeded Lin Hsin-i as the first female economics minister in Taiwanese history on 1 February 2002, only to resign on 20 March. During her short tenure as head of the economics ministry, Tsung was widely ridiculed during interpellation sessions. Shortly after leaving the

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, Tsung became chairwoman of the

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in Taipei. She was replaced by Chang Shuo-lao in 2008.

Personal life

Tsung is married to banker Jerome Chen.

References

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