hWorldwide
Guide to Women in Leadership
Taiwan/ Republic of China on Taiwan/
Chung-hua Min-kuo
(Female suffrage 1949) Established by the Nationalist Forces on the Island, and
was a member of the United Nations 1949-72 in the seat of "The Republic
of China", which was afterwards taken over by Communist China
See also Taiwan Heads
and Taiwan Parliament
1973-77
Deputy Chairperson of Economic Planning Council Shirley Kuo Wang-jung
1977-79 Deputy Chairperson of the Council of Economic Planning Development
1988-90 Minister of Finance
1990-93 Minister of State and Chairperson of Council of Economic Development
1993-98 Minister of State (Third in the Cabinet)
1998-99 Minister without Portfolio
1999-2000 Minister of State
(Third in Cabinet)
Between 1979-88 Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of China, the
National Bank of Taiwan (b. 1930-)
1990-97
Director General of Health Chang Po-Ya (Rank of minister (Minister of Health)
Medical Professor, Mayor of Chiayi City 1983-89 and 1997-2000 (b. 1942-)
1992-96 Vice-Chairperson of the Mainland Affairs Committee of the Executive Yuan
Yeh Chin-feng
1996-2000 Minister of State
1996-97 Minister without Portfolio
1997-98 Minister of the Interior
1998-99 Chairperson of the Mainland Affairs Committee
1999-2000 Minister of Justice
Judge in the Taichung District Court 1969-1980 and Presiding Judge, Yunlin District Court, 1981-1985,1981-1992
Chairperson of he Presidium of the
National Assembly, Judge of the Taichung Branch of Taiwan
High Court, University Lecturer 1981-85, Judge in the Supreme Court
1981-1986, 1987-1988, Senior
Specialist of the Judicial Yuan 1987, Commissioner of the Examination Yu
1987 and 1988, 1988-1992 Deputy Director-General,
Department of Women's Affairs, Central Committee, Kuomintang and since 1988
Member of the Central Committee, Kuomintang (b. 1943-)
1993-96
Chairperson of the Council of Cultural Planning and Development Prof. Shen
Hsueh-Yung
1996-2000
Chairperson of the Council of Cultural Planning and Development Dr. Lin
Cheng-Chih (Helen C.-C. Lin)
In 1989-93 Deputy Director General, 1993-96 Director General of
Women’s Affairs of the Control Committee of Kuomingtang. (b. 1939-)
1996-2001
Chairperson of the Council for Fair Trade Cao Yang-Ching
Between 1991-95 Deputy Director General, 1995-96 Director General of the
Department of National Treasury in the Ministry of Finance.
1997-2000
Chairperson of the Sports Committee Dr. Nancy Lin-Yuh Chao
(b. 1952-)
1998-2000
Chairperson of the National Youth Commission Dr. Lee Jhi-chu
(b. 1960-)
1998
Chairperson of the Central Election Committee Yeh Chin-Joja
2000-08
Vice-President Annette Lü Hsiu-Lien
Political Prisoner 1979-85, exile in USA until 1992 when she was elected to
Taiwans Legislative Yuan, 1996-97 National Policy Advisor of the President, County Magistrate in Taoyan County
1997-2000 and
Acting Chairperson of the Democratic
Progressive Party 2005-06.
In the first stage of the primary elections in May 2007, she finished last of the candidates with 6% of the wote,
and the male candidate later lost the elections.
(b. 1944-)
2000-02
Minister of State and Minister of
Transport and Communication Yeh Chu-lan
2002-04 Minister and
Chairperson of the Council for Hakka Affairs
2004 Vice-President of the
Executive Yuan and Vice-Premier
2004 Minister in charge of the
Council for Economic Planning and Development
2004-05 Minister of Consumer Protection
2007-08 Secretary-General of the President and Chief of Staff
Th Hakka is one of Taiwan's
aboriginal groups. She was Deputy Convener of DPP
Caucus in Legislative Yuan 1992 and General Convener 1995
and
Chairperson of the National Assembly
from 2005.
In question as
Vice-Presidential candidate of the DPP-candidate for 2007. (b. 1949-)
2000- Minister of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission Dr. Chang Fu-mei
Convener DPP Caucus in National Assembly 1994-95 (b. 1938-).
2000-02
Minister without Portfolio of the Executive Yan Chung Chin
2000 Director-General of Information Office and Government Spokesperson
Former Executive Director in a publishing company (b. 1953-)
2000-04
Minister and Chairperson of Mainland Affairs Council Dr. Tsai
Ing-wen
2006-07
Vice Premier and Minister of Consumer Protection
She was Senior
Advisor of the National Security Council
1999-2000, Member of the Legislative Yuan 2004-06, Chairperson of the
Democratic Progressive Party 2008-12 and
Presidential Candidate in
2012. (b. 1956-)
2000-02
Minister and Chairperson of Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission Hsu Cheng-kuang
2000-04
Minister and Chairperson of the Council of Cultural Affairs Chen Yu-chiou
Professor of Music (b. 1949-)
2000-06 Minister and Chairperson of the Council of Labour Affairs Chen Chu
Former MP, Director of the Bureau of Social Affairs of Taipei 1995-98 and ditto of
Kaohsiung City 1998-2000. (b. 1950-)
2000-04 Minister and
Chairperson of the National Youth Commission Prof. Lin Geng-mei
2004-08 Cabinet Member and
Chairperson of the Coordination Council for
North American Affairs
Professor of Journalism. (b. 1961-)
2000-04
Vice- Minister of the Council for
Economic Planning and Development Ho Mei-yueh
2004-06 Minister of Economic Affairs
2006-08 Minister without Portfolio
2007-08 Minister of Economic Affairs
Former civil servant in the Ministries in Finance and Economic
Affairs. (b. 1951-).
2000- Vice-Minister of
Education Fan Sun-Lu
MP for DPP 1995-2000. (b. 1952-).
2002
Minister of Economy Christine Tsung
CEO of China Airlines 2001-02 after having lived in USA for almost 30 years. She
resigned after only a few months on the post.
2003-04
Secretary-General of the
Executive Yuan Liu Shyh-fang
Director of the Bureau of Environmental Protection,
Taipei City Government 1997-98 and later became Deputy
Commissioner of Taichung
County. (b. 1959-).
2002-06 Minister without
Portfolio and Minister of the
Public Construction Commission and Executive Director
of the 921 Earthquake Post-Disaster Recover Commission
2006-08
Minister of Transportation and Communications Kuo Yao-chi
Chief Secretary of the Bureau of Public Works 1995
and Director of the Department of Public Housing
of Taipei 1995-99 and Director-General
of of Public Affairs in the Office of the
President (b. 1956-)
2002-04 Minister without
Portfolio and Convener of the
Division for Streamlining Administrative Agencies of the
Government Reform Committee Dr. Yeh
Jiunn-rong
She held the position of Convener of
Social Streamlining since 2001
2004-06 Minister without
Portfolio in charge
of Culture, Education and
Welfare Fu Li-yeh
Associate Professor, Department of
Sociology, National Chengchi University
from 1990. (b. 1959-)
2004-08 Minister and
Chairperson of the
National Youth Commission Cheng Li-chiun
Executive Officer and Office Director
of the Taiwan Thinktank
2001-04. (b. 1969-)
2006-08 Cabinet Member and
Director of the
National Palace Museum Dr. Lin Mun-lee
Deputy Director 2004-06. (b. 1954-).
2006-07 Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Katherine S.Y. Chang
Ambassador to Saint Christopher and Nevis
Former MP. (b. 1958-).
Ambassador to St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2003-06 as the first resident
envoy,
2008-10 Minister of Justice Wang Ching-feng
2008-12 Minister and Chairperson of the National Communications Commission Bonnie Peng
2008-Minister and Chairperson of the Mainland Affairs Council Lai Hsing-yuan
2008-12 Minister and Chairperson of the Council of Labor Affairs Jennifer J.H. Wang
2008- Minister and Chief of the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics Shih Su-mei
2008-09 Chief of the Government Information Office Vanessa
Yea-ping Shih
Former deputy representative to Australia.
2008-12 Minister and Chairperson of the Council for Cultural Affairs Huang Pi-tuan
2008- Minister and Chairperson of the Sports Affairs Council Tai Shia-ling
2008-09 Minister and Chairperson of the Council of Indigenous Peoples Chou
Kung-shin
KMT Vice-Chairperson
2008-12 Minister and Chairperson of the National Youth Commission Wang Yu-ting
2008- Member of the Cabinet, Director of the National Palace Museum Chou Kung-shin
2010-12
Chairperson of Economic
Planning Council Christina Y. Liu
2012- Minister of Finance
Her Chinese name is Liu Yi-ju and she is
daughter of the former Minister of Finance, Shirley Kuo Wang-jung.
2010- Minister and Chairperson of the National Communications Commission Su Herng
2011- Minister without Portfolio and
Minister and Chairperson of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission Luo
Ying-shay
2012-
Minister and Chairperson of the Council for Cultural Affairs Lung Ying-tai
2012 Minister and Chairperson of the National Youth Commission Chen Yi-chen
Last update 29.02.12