Ho Mei-yueh
{{Short description|Taiwanese politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ho Mei-yueh
| native_name = {{no bold|何美玥}}
| image = 2007WiMAXForumTaipeiConference Day2 MYHo.jpg
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| nationality = Taiwanese
| office1 = Minister of Council for Economic Planning and Development
| deputy1 =
| term_start1 = 21 May 2007
| term_end1 = 20 May 2008
| predecessor1 = Hu Sheng-cheng
| successor1 = Chen Tain-jy
| office2 = Minister of Economic Affairs
| deputy2 =
| term_start2 = 20 May 2004
| term_end2 = 25 January 2006
| predecessor2 = Lin Yi-fu
| successor2 = Huang Ing-san
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1951|1|9}}
| birth_place =
| party = Democratic Progressive Party
| spouse =
| children =
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| education = National Taiwan University (BS)
National Chengchi University (MS)
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Ho Mei-yueh ({{zh|c=何美玥|p=Hé Měiyuè}}; born 9 January 1951) is a Taiwanese politician.
Education
Ho studied agricultural chemistry at National Taiwan University and technology management and business administration at National Chengchi University.{{cite news|title=The New Cabinet|url=http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xitem=1186&ctnode=1347&mp=9|accessdate=10 June 2016|work=Taiwan Today|date=1 March 2006|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816150453/http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xitem=1186&ctnode=1347&mp=9|archivedate=16 August 2016}} [http://taiwaninfo.nat.gov.tw/fp.asp?xItem=1186&CtNode=458 Alt URL]{{cite news|title=The New Cabinet|url=http://taiwaninfo.nat.gov.tw/fp.asp?xItem=1067&CtNode=124|accessdate=10 June 2016|work=Taiwan Info|date=1 April 2005}}
Political career
Ho joined the Ministry of Economic Affairs in 1975 by becoming a technician at the Industrial Development Bureau, in which she was promoted as the deputy director-general of the bureau in 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2004/04/14/2003136635|title=Ho Mei-yueh touted for MOEA post|work=Taipei Times|date=14 April 2004 }} She was named the economics minister in 2004 and served until 2006. She then led the Council for Economic Planning and Development from 2007 to 2008. Tsai Ing-wen offered Ho the opportunity to return as economics minister in 2016, but she did not accept,{{cite news|last1=Sui|first1=Cindy|title=Taiwan, the place to be a woman in politics|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36309137|accessdate=22 May 2016|publisher=BBC|date=20 May 2016}} leading the Tsai administration to select Chih-Kung Lee instead.
In 2021, Ho received Japan's Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, for her contributions to "facilitating exchanges between Taiwan and Japan in the areas of economics and science and technology.".{{cite web|last=Kao|first=Evelyn|url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202111030001 |title=Taiwan's ex-Legislative speaker conferred with Japan honor |publisher=Focus Taiwan |date=2021-11-03}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160216080625/http://www.apecwln.org/wp-content/uploads/2007%20WLN%20-%20Mei%20Yueh%20Ho%20-%20Women%20and%20leadership.pdf Ho on women and leadership]
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Category:Academic staff of the National Taiwan University
Category:Ministers of economic affairs of Taiwan
Category:National Chengchi University alumni
Category:National Taiwan University alumni
Category:Women government ministers of Taiwan
Category:Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class
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