Li Meng-yen (; born 12 December 1966) is a Taiwanese politician. In an acting capacity, he was

Mayor of Tainan The Mayor of Tainan is the head of the Tainan City Government, Taiwan and is elected to a four-year term. The current mayor is Huang Wei-cher of the Democratic Progressive Party since 25 December 2018. Titles of the Mayor List of Mayors Thi ...

from 8 September 2017 until 25 December 2018. Li has served as Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan since 14 January 2019.

Education

Li obtained his bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from

National Chung Hsing University National Chung Hsing University (NCHU; ) is a research-led comprehensive university in South District, Taichung, Republic of China. Currently, NCHU is among the four universities of the Taiwan Comprehensive University System, a research-led ...

and master's degree in water science and engineering from UNESCO-IHE in the

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Political career

Li had been the assistant engineer and branch head of Housing and Urban Development Bureau of

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. At the Taipei County Government, he had been the section chief and technical specialist of Public Works Bureau and acting and vice director-general of Water Resource Bureau and secretary. At the

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, he was the vice director of Department of Construction Management. At the

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, he was the director of Sewerage Systems Office of Public Works Department.

Tainan City Government

In the

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, he was the director-general of Water Resource Bureau and secretary-general. Li was appointed acting Tainan Mayor on 7 September 2017 as

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was named

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. Speaking at a summit held at National Cheng Kung University in June 2018, Li said that his city government aimed to declare English as the second official language of Tainan, starting by having bilingual signs on information at major public places.

Executive Yuan

He took office as secretary-general of the Executive Yuan on 14 January 2019, with the second

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cabinet. Li was named the spokesman of the Executive Yuan on an interim basis on 15 November 2020, following the resignation of Ting Yi-ming from the position.

References

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