Shea Jia-dong (; born 9 October 1948) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education

Shea obtained his doctoral degree from

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in the United States in 1978.

Career

After finishing his doctoral degree, Shea went back to Taiwan to work for the Institute of Economics, where he was an associate research fellow from 1978 to 1982 and a research fellow from 1982 to 2000. Between 1996 and 2000, Shea served as deputy governor of the

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. Shea was named

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in April 2000, and stepped down in October.

References

Living people Taiwanese Ministers of Finance 1948 births Stanford University alumni National Taiwan University alumni {{Taiwan-politician-stub