Liao Liou-yi

{{Short description|Taiwanese politician}}

{{family name hatnote|Liao|lang=Chinese}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Liao Liou-yi

| native_name = {{no bold|{{lang|zh-hans|廖了以}}}}

| image = Liao Liou-yi (cropped).jpg

| caption =

| order1 =

| office1 = President of the Association of East Asian Relations

| deputy1 =

| term_start1 = 10 February 2012

| term_end1 =

| predecessor1 = Peng Rongci

| successor1 =

| order2 =

| office2 = Secretary-General of the Kuomintang

| 1blankname2 = Chairman

| 1namedata2 = Ma Ying-jeou

| deputy2 = Hung Hsiu-chu

| term_start2 = 31 January 2011

| term_end2 = 31 January 2012

| predecessor2 = King Pu-tsung

| successor2 = Lin Join-sane

| order3 =

| office3 = Secretary-General to the President

| president3 = Ma Ying-jeou

| term_start3 = 10 September 2009

| term_end3 = 31 January 2011

| predecessor3 = Chan Chun-po

| successor3 = Wu Jin-lin

| order4 =

| office4 = Minister of the Interior

| deputy4 = Lin Join-sane

| term_start4 = 20 May 2008

| term_end4 = 10 September 2009

| predecessor4 = Lee I-yang

| successor4 = Jiang Yi-huah

| order5 =

| office5 = Magistrate of Taichung County

| term_start5 = 20 December 1989

| term_end5 = 20 December 1997

| predecessor5 = Chen Keng-chin

| successor5 = Liao Yung-lai

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|10|29}}

| birth_place = Taichung, Taiwan

| party = Kuomintang

| spouse =

| children =

| signature =

| education = Feng Chia University (BS)

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Liao Liou-yi ({{zh|t=廖了以|p=Liào Liǎoyǐ}}; born 29 October 1947) is a Taiwanese politician. He served as secretary-general of the Presidential Office, interior minister and secretary-general of the Kuomintang.

He was a president of Association of East Asian Relations from February 2012 to 2013.{{cite web|url=http://english.rti.org.tw/newsinfo.aspx?tid=84D783312DAD1A3B|title=Ma: Liao Liou-yi's appointment will improve ties with Japan|date=2012-02-14|publisher=Radio Taiwan International|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130706152520/http://english.rti.org.tw/newsinfo.aspx?tid=84D783312DAD1A3B|archivedate=2013-07-06}} He signed a fishing rights accord for waters near Senkaku Islands on behalf of Taiwan in April 2013.{{cite web|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/388611/japan-taiwan-sign-deal-over-disputed-islands|title=Taiwan, Japan sign disputed isles fishing accord|date=April 10, 2013|publisher=Inquirer News}} He tendered his resignation as head of the Association of East Asian Relations in May 2013.{{cite web|title=Liao resigns as Association of East Asian Relations head|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan-business/2013/05/06/377882/Liao-resigns.htm|date=May 6, 2013|publisher=China Post}}

Personal life

He was born to a Japanese mother and a Taiwanese father in 1947. He graduated from the Department of Statistics of Feng Chia University. He is a father of three daughters.{{cite web|url=http://www.appledaily.com.tw/appledaily/article/headline/20130506/34998958/%E5%BB%96%E4%BA%86%E4%BB%A5%E5%82%B3%E5%82%99%E6%88%B0%E5%8F%B0%E4%B8%AD%E5%B8%82%E9%95%B7|title=廖了以 傳備戰台中市長|publisher=蘋果日報|language=Chinese}}

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