Ho Mei-yueh (; born 9 January 1951) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education

Ho studied agricultural chemistry at

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 ...

and technology management and business administration at

National Chengchi University National Chengchi University () is a public research university in Taipei. The university is also considered as the earliest public service training facility of the Republic of China. First established in Nanjing in 1927, the university was subs ...

Political career

Ho joined the Ministry of Economic Affairs in 1975 by becoming a technician at the

Industrial Development Bureau The Industrial Development Bureau, MOEA (IDB; ) is the administrative agency of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Republic of China. The economy of Taiwan has achieved Industrialized Economy (IE) status (which includes economies with adjusted ...

, in which she was promoted as the deputy director-general of the bureau in 1994. She was named the economics minister in 2004 and served until 2006. She then led the

Council for Economic Planning and Development The Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD; ) was a government agency responsible for drafting overall plans for national economic development in Taiwan (ROC). It also assessed development projects, proposals and programmes submitted ...

from 2007 to 2008.

Tsai Ing-wen Tsai Ing-wen (; born 31 August 1956) is a Taiwanese politician serving as president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2016. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Tsai is the first female president of Taiwan. She served as ...

offered Ho the opportunity to return as economics minister in 2016, but she did not accept, leading the Tsai administration to select

Chih-Kung Lee Chih-Kung Lee (C.K. Lee; ; born October 1959 in Taipei) is a Taiwanese mechanical engineer. He received his B.S. degree in civil engineering from National Taiwan University and then obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University, ma ...

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.".

References

External links

Ho on women and leadership
1956 births Living people National Taiwan University faculty Taiwanese Ministers of Economic Affairs National Chengchi University alumni National Taiwan University alumni Women government ministers of Taiwan Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class {{Taiwan-DPP-politician-stub