Tseng Ming-chung or William Tseng (; born 22 January 1959) is a Taiwanese politician. He has served as Deputy Minister of Finance, chaired the Financial Supervisory Commission, and as an elected member of the

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Education

Tseng obtained his doctoral degree in business administration from

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Political career

As deputy minister of finance, Tseng commented on the amendment to raise the tax and health and welfare surcharge on tobacco in early May 2013. He stated that the move would result in a loss of NT$610 million in

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but it will bring in an extra NT$25 billion in income used for health and welfare funds. He was named the Chairperson of the Financial Supervisory Commission of the

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on 1 August 2013. Tseng was elected to the

through the proportional representation ballot in 2016, as a member of the Kuomintang. Prior to the election, he was an independent.

References

Taiwanese Ministers of Finance Living people 1959 births Party List Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 9th Legislative Yuan Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan {{Taiwan-KMT-politician-stub