Yeh Jiunn-rong
Yeh Jiunn-rong | |
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| 葉俊榮 | |
.png) Official portrait, 2016 | |
| 29th Minister of Education | |
| In office 16 July 2018 – 25 December 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | William Lai |
| Deputy | Yao Leeh-ter Lin Teng-chiao |
| Preceded by | Yao Leeh-ter (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Yao Leeh-ter (acting) |
| 31st Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 20 May 2016 – 15 July 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Lin Chuan William Lai |
| Deputy | Lin Tzu-ling Chiu Chang-yueh[1] |
| Preceded by | Chen Wei-zen |
| Succeeded by | Hsu Kuo-yung |
| 12th Minister of Research, Development and Evaluation Commission | |
| In office June 2004 – April 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Yu Shyi-kun Frank Hsieh Su Tseng-chang |
| Deputy | Jay N. Shih |
| Preceded by | Lin Chia-cheng |
| Succeeded by | Jay N. Shih |
| Minister without Portfolio | |
| In office 1 May 2002 – 19 May 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Yu Shyi-kun |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 1958 (age 66) Wanhua District, Taipei City, Taiwan |
| Political party |  Democratic Progressive Party |
| Education | National Taiwan University (LLB, LLM) Yale University (LLM, JSD) |
Yeh Jiunn-rong (Chinese: 葉俊榮; pinyin: Yè Jùnróng; born October 1958) is a Taiwanese legal scholar and academic.
Education
[edit]Yeh graduated from National Taiwan University with his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and master's degree in law in 1981 and 1985, respectively.[2] He then was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to complete advanced studies in the United States at Yale University,[3] where he earned a second Master of Laws (LL.M.) in 1986 and his Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D.) in 1988 from Yale Law School.[2] His doctoral dissertation was titled, "The Second Generation of Environmental Regulation: The Economic Incentive Approach".[4]
Early career
[edit]Yeh was an associate professor on the Faculty of Law of NTU from 1988 to 1993 and served as professor from 1993 onward. He was also a visiting professor and scholar at Columbia University, Duke University, Hong Kong University and University of Toronto during 1995–2000.[5] He was also a visiting lecturer to the Law School of Zhejiang University in 2011–2012.[6]
Political career
[edit]Yeh led the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission from 2004 to 2006. He returned to public service in 2016, taking office as Minister of the Interior on 20 May.[7][8] He was named Minister of Education in July 2018.[9] Yeh resigned as education minister on 25 December 2018,[10] a day after announcing that the ministry confirmed Kuan Chung-ming's selection as president of National Taiwan University,[11] outstanding since January 2018.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ Shen, Worthy; Chen, Christine (6 July 2017). "Italian priest says Taiwan citizenship is 'best birthday gift'". Central News Agency. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ a b "About Minister - Ministry of the Interior. Republic of China(Taiwan)".
- ^ "Hall of Fame – Fulbright Taiwan, Foundation for Scholarly Exchange-學術交流基金會". Retrieved 2025-04-23.
- ^ Ye, Junrong; School, Yale Law. "The second generation of environmental regulation :: the economic incentive approach /: Jiunn-rong Yeh". Berkeley Law. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
- ^ "Jiunn-Rong Yeh". Taiwan NGO Professionalization Watch. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ Chin, Jonathan (11 April 2018). "Interior minister denies illegally teaching in PRC". Taipei Times. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "Premier-designate Lin rounds up Cabinet appointments".
- ^ "Premier-designate presents final Cabinet picks". 29 April 2016.
- ^ Maxson, Ann (17 July 2018). "Education minister installed, vows to fix NTU jam". Taipei Times. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ Hsieh, Ku Chuan, and, Chia-chen; Ku, Chuan; Chen, Chun-hua; Hsu, Elizabeth (25 December 2018). "Education minister tenders resignation over NTU president case". Central News. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Maxon, Ann (25 December 2018). "Ministry approves Kuan's appointment". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ Chen, Chih-chung; Kao, Evelyn (25 December 2018). "NTU president-elect set to take office Jan. 8". Central News Agency. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
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