Huang Tien-mu () or Thomas Huang is a Taiwanese politician. He was appointed chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission in May 2020. He previously served as chairman of the agency in an acting capacity in 2016.

Early life and education

Huang Tien-mu is also known as Thomas Huang. He obtained a bachelor's degree in banking and finance from

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 ...

in 1980, master's degree in law from

National Sun Yat-sen University National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU; ) is a public research-intensive university renowned as an official think tank scholars' community, located in Sizihwan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. NSYSU is listed as one of six national research universities, ...

(NSYSU) in 1984 and doctoral degree in public administration from the

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in the

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in 1993. His doctoral dissertation was titled ''Privatizing public enterprises in developing countries: The case of Taiwan's government-owned banks''.

Political career

Huang began his public service career within the

Ministry of Finance A ministry of finance is a part of the government in most countries that is responsible for matters related to the finance. Lists of current ministries of finance Named "Ministry" * Ministry of Finance (Afghanistan) * Ministry of Finance and Eco ...

. He was director of the Bureau of Monetary Affairs fourth division, and later secretary-general, director, and deputy director of the Bureau of Monetary Affairs. He was subsequently named to a range of leadership roles within the Financial Supervisory Commission, serving the FSC as interim deputy director-general, the FSC itself as secretary-general, and the FSC's as director general. In 2012, Huang was named director-general of the FSC's Bureau of Securities and Futures. He remained in that position through September 2013, when he was appointed to the FSC deputy chairmanship. He assumed the FSC chairmanship in an acting capacity in October 2016. Huang returned to the vice chairmanship when

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was named head of the FSC. He also served under Lee's successor

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. When Koo was appointed to the

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in May 2020, Huang was promoted to lead the Financial Supervisory Commission.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Huang, Tien-mu Political office-holders in the Republic of China on Taiwan Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 1950s births National Chengchi University alumni National Sun Yat-sen University alumni University of Southern California alumni