Yang Chin-long (; born 5 June 1953) is a Taiwanese economist and the current Governor of the

Central Bank of the Republic of China The Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (CBC), known in English from 1924 to 2007 as the Central Bank of China, is the central bank of the Taiwan, Republic of China, once founded in Mainland China and since relocated to Taiwan. Its ...

. Yang received a master's degree 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 ...

and earned a doctoral degree in economics from the

University of Birmingham , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...

. In 1989, Yang began working for the

Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) The Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (CBC), known in English from 1924 to 2007 as the Central Bank of China, is the central bank of the Republic of China, once founded in Mainland China and since relocated to Taiwan. Its legal an ...

. Yang was named deputy governor of Taiwan's central bank in 2008. After

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announced that he would retire upon the conclusion of his fifth term, Yang,

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, and

Richard Koo Richard C. Koo ( ja, リチャード・クー, ; ; born 1954) is a Taiwanese-American economist living in Japan specializing in balance sheet recessions. He is Chief Economist at the Nomura Research Institute. Early life and education Koo was bo ...

were considered candidates to succeed him. On 1 February, Yang was appointed as the new Central Bank governor. Yang was listed in the Central Banker Report Card 2019, a list of the top central bankers compiled by ''Global Finance''. In his first appearance on the list, he was given an A-grade.

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1953 births Living people Governors of the Central Bank of the Republic of China Alumni of the University of Birmingham National Chengchi University alumni People from Pingtung County {{Taiwan-bio-stub