Liao Liou-yi
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Liao Liou-yi (; born 29 October 1947) is a Taiwanese politician. He served as secretary-general of the Presidential Office,
interior minister An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...
and secretary-general of the
Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...
. He was a president of
Association of East Asian Relations Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan (TECO; , Japanese 台北駐日経済文化代表処 Taihoku Zainichi Keizai Bunka Daihyou Sho) represents the interests of Taiwan in Japan, functioning as a ''de facto'' embassy in the ...
from February 2012 to 2013. He signed a fishing rights accord for waters near
Senkaku Islands The are a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, administered by Japan. They are located northeast of Taiwan, east of China, west of Okinawa Island, and north of the southwestern end of the Ryukyu Islands. They are known in main ...
on behalf of Taiwan in April 2013. He tendered his resignation as head of the Association of East Asian Relations in May 2013.


Personal life

He was born to a Japanese mother and a Taiwanese father in 1947. He was graduated from the Department of Statistics of
Feng Chia University Feng Chia University (FCU; ) is a private research university in Taiwan, located in Taichung. It was named after Chiu Feng-Chia one of the leaders of the military resistance against the Japanese invasion of Taiwan in 1895. Feng Chia Univer ...
. He is a father of three daughters.


References

Taiwanese Ministers of the Interior Taiwanese politicians of Japanese descent Living people 1956 births People First Party (Taiwan) politicians Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from New Taipei National Taiwan University faculty Taiwanese educators {{Taiwan-KMT-politician-stub