Chen Mei-ling

{{Short description|Taiwanese politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Chen Mei-ling

| native_name = {{no bold|陳美伶}}

| image = 新任行政院秘書長陳美伶 (cropped).jpg

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| order1 =

| office1 = Minister of National Development Council of the Republic of China

| deputy1 = Chiou Jiunn-rong, Tseng Shu-cheng, Kao Shien-quey

| term_start1 = 8 September 2017

| term_end1 = 19 May 2020

| predecessor1 = Chen Tain-jy

| successor1 = Kung Ming-hsin

| order2 =

| office2 = Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan

| premier2 = Lin Chuan

| deputy2 = Ho Pei-shan, Shih Keh-her, Sung Yu-hsieh

| term_start2 = 20 May 2016

| term_end2 = 7 September 2017

| predecessor2 = Chien Tai-lang

| successor2 = Cho Jung-tai

| order3 =

| office3 = Deputy Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan

| 1blankname3 = Secretary-General

| 1namedata3 = Liu Yuh-san
Chen Chin-jun

| term_start3 = 2006

| term_end3 = 2008

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| successor3 =

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1958}}

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| nationality = Republic of China

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| education = National Chengchi University (LLB, PhD)
National Taiwan University (LLM)

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Chen Mei-ling ({{zh|t=陳美伶|s=陈美伶|first=t|p=Chén Měilíng}}; born 1958) is a Taiwanese legal scholar. She was the Minister of National Development Council in 2017–2020 and the Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan in 2016-2017.

Education

Chen obtained her bachelor's degree in law from National Chengchi University (NCCU) in 1980, master's degree in law from National Taiwan University in 1984 and returned to NCCU for a doctoral degree in law in 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/Member_Info.aspx?n=C9F41B76CE5FB05D&s=FA06CF6ABCCA753A|title=Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)}}

Political career

Chen was deputy secretary general of the Executive Yuan from 2006 to 2008. She returned to the cabinet in 2016 as secretary-general under premier Lin Chuan.{{cite news|agency=Central News Agency|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201604120018.aspx|title=More Cabinet lineup announced}} Chen became minister of the National Development Council in September 2017,{{cite news|last1=Chen|first1=Wei-han|title=Lai starts reshuffle of Executive Yuan|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2017/09/06/2003677887|access-date=17 September 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=6 September 2017}} and was later awarded an Order of Brilliant Star.{{cite news|last1=Yeh|first1=Sophia|last2=Liu|first2=Kuan-lin|title=President confers honors on former premier and cabinet members|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/search/201709150021.aspx|access-date=17 September 2017|agency=Central News Agency|date=15 September 2017}} She resigned from the National Development Council on 14 May 2020.{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Flor |last2=Wang |first2=Cheng-chung |last3=Yu |first3=Matt |title=Cabinet resigns en masse ahead of reshuffle |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202005140007 |access-date=14 May 2020 |agency=Central News Agency |date=14 May 2020}}

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