Shih Jun-ji
{{Short description|Taiwanese politician (born 1955)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Shih Jun-ji
| native_name = {{nobold|施俊吉}}
| native_name_lang = zh-tw
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Shih Jun-ji 20170908.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2016
| image_size = 200px
| order1 =
| office1 = 36th Deputy Prime Minister of Taiwan
| term_start1 = 8 September 2017
| term_end1 = 14 January 2019
| primeminister1 = William Lai
| predecessor1 = Lin Hsi-yao
| successor1 = Chen Chi-mai
| office2 = Minister without Portfolio
| term_start2 = 20 May 2016
| term_end2 = 30 June 2016
| primeminister2 = Lin Chuan
| predecessor2 = Lin Junq-tzer
| successor2 = John Deng
| office3 = 23rd Chairman of the Provincial Government{{#tag:ref|Titled as chairman of the Taiwan Provincial Government; as a governor that was appointed by the Executive Yuan.|group=note}}
| appointer3 = Executive Yuan
| primeminister3 = Lin Chuan
| term_start3 = 20 May 2016
| term_end3 = 30 June 2016
| predecessor3 = Lin Junq-tzer
| successor3 = Hsu Jan-yau
| office4 = 2nd Chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission
| term_start4 = August 2006
| term_end4 = 12 January 2007
| predecessor4 = Kong Jaw-sheng
Lu Daung-yen {{small|(acting)}}
| successor4 = Hu Sheng-cheng
| office5 = Chairman of the Taiwan Asset Management Corporation
| term_start5 = 20 May 2020
| term_end5 =
| president5 = Guo Wen-jin
| predecessor5 = Lin Mei-chu{{#tag:ref|Guo Wen-jon served as the acting chairman before Shih assumes office.|group=note}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|8|10|df=y}}
| death_date =
| birth_place = Changhua County, Taiwan
| death_place =
| party = Independent
| education = Fu Jen Catholic University (BA)
Soochow University (MA)
National Taiwan University (PhD)
}}
Shih Jun-ji ({{zh|t=施俊吉|p=Shī Jùnjí}}; born 10 August 1955{{cn|date=October 2024}}) is a Taiwanese economist and politician. He served as the second chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission from 2006 to 2007 after Kong Jaw-sheng was removed from office. Shih served concurrently as Governor of Taiwan Province and minister without portfolio in 2016. Later that year, he was named chair of the Taiwan Stock Exchange. In 2017, he took office as Vice Premier of Taiwan under the Lai cabinet. Chen Chi-mai succeeded Shih as vice premier in 2019.
Education
Shih earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Fu Jen Catholic University in 1978, master's degree in economics from Soochow University in 1980 and Ph.D. in economics from National Taiwan University in 1984. As a student, he led a demonstration which protested the White Terror, a period of political suppression that began after the 228 Incident of 1947.{{cite news|last1=Chung|first1=Amber|title=New FSC chief vows to rebuild trust in watchdog|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2006/08/05/2003321929/1|accessdate=20 March 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=5 August 2006}}
Career
After graduation, Shih did research with the Academia Sinica, then joined the Fair Trade Commission from 1998 to 2001.
He was appointed to the Financial Supervisory Commission in July 2006, and named FSC chairman in August of that year. During Shih's tenure as FSC chairman, the Rebar Chinese Bank filed for bankruptcy protection, which caused a bank run that led to NT$19 billion in losses and eventual government takeover of the financial institution.{{cite news|last1=Chung|first1=Amber|title=Analysis: Rebar scandal shows FSC defects|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2007/01/15/2003344939|accessdate=20 March 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=15 January 2007}}{{cite news|last1=Chuang|first1=Jimmy|title=Su performs scandal damage control|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2007/01/14/2003344709|accessdate=20 March 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=13 January 2007}}{{cite news|last1=Shih|first1=Hsiu-chuan|title=Insolvencies will be investigated: Su|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2007/01/08/2003343832|accessdate=20 March 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=8 January 2007}} The Enterprise Bank of Hualien, independent of Rebar, was also declared insolvent and placed under the purview of the FSC.{{cite news|title=FSC takes over two insolvent local banks|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/2007/01/06/99274/FSC-takes.htm|accessdate=27 June 2016|work=China Post|date=6 January 2007}} Shih resigned on 12 January 2007, shortly after the takeover announcement, to take responsibility for the Rebar scandal and was succeeded by Susan Chang on an interim basis, before Hu Sheng-cheng took office.{{cite news|title=Hu appointed chairman of FSC|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2007/01/26/2003346453|accessdate=20 March 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=26 January 2007}}{{cite news|last1=Chung|first1=Amber|title=FSC chief resigns, Cabinet approves|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2007/01/13/2003344559|accessdate=20 March 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=13 January 2007}}
Shih returned to the Academia Sinica's Institute of Social Science after resigning the FSC chairmanship.{{cite news|last1=Shan|first1=Shelley|title=Experts call for temporary media-monopoly rules|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2012/09/29/2003543952|accessdate=20 March 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=29 September 2012}}{{cite news|last1=Lee|first1=I-Chia|title=Block media merger, say academics|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/10/24/2003516555|accessdate=20 March 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=24 October 2011}} He was named the economic adviser to Tsai Ing-wen's 2016 presidential campaign.{{cite news|last1=Lee|first1=Justina|last2=Sung|first2=Chinmei|title=China's Isolation Strategy Squeezes Taiwan's Exporter Sector|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-12/china-s-isolation-strategy-squeezes-taiwan-s-exporter-sector|accessdate=5 April 2016|publisher=Bloomberg|date=12 November 2015}} Shortly before she won the election, the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission reported that Shih could be chosen as a financial adviser in Tsai's administration.{{cite news|last1=Lowther|first1=William|title=Economic issues are driving Taiwan's elections: US report|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/01/08/2003636710|accessdate=20 March 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=8 January 2016}} Tsai's premier Lin Chuan selected Shih as a minister without portfolio in April 2016. Shih was in charge of economic and communications policies, and led trade negotiations.{{cite news|last1=Loa|first1=Lok-sin|title=Lin Chuan introduces future Cabinet|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/04/08/2003643445|accessdate=8 April 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=8 April 2016}} He was named chairman of the Taiwan Stock Exchange in June 2016 and assumed the position on July 1.{{cite news|last1=Tai|first1=Ya-chen|last2=Huang|first2=Frances|title=New Taiwan Stock Exchange chairman appointed|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeco/201606200026.aspx|accessdate=21 June 2016|agency=Central News Agency|date=20 June 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621123606/http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeco/201606200026.aspx|archivedate=21 June 2016}} [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/06/21/2003649087 Alt URL]{{cite news|last1=Tien|first1=Yu-pin|last2=Huang|first2=Frances|title=TWSE aiming to push turnover to NT$120 billion|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeco/201607040032.aspx|accessdate=7 July 2016|agency=Central News Agency|date=4 July 2016}}{{cite news|title=Shih vows re-energization|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/07/02/2003650135|accessdate=8 July 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=2 July 2016}}
Shih succeeded Lin Hsi-yao as vice premier of the Republic of China 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|accessdate=13 September 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=6 September 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Lin|first1=Shen-feng|last2=Chin|first2=Jonathan|title=Lai picks acting minister to head economic affairs|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2017/09/07/2003677954|accessdate=13 September 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=7 September 2017}} He was appointed to the office by William Lai, who replaced Lin Chuan as premier. Shih stepped down from the vice premiership when the Lai cabinet resigned, and was replaced by Chen Chi-mai. Shih became an adviser to the National Security Council.{{cite news |last1=Su |first1=Yung-ya |last2=Chung |first2=Jake |title=Tsai convenes security meeting on Middle East tensions |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2020/01/10/2003729024 |accessdate=12 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=10 January 2020}} On 20 May 2020, Shih was named chairman of the Taiwan Asset Management Corporation, a position that had remained vacant after the December 2018 resignation of Lin Mei-chu.{{cite news |last1=Hsu |first1=Crystal |title=TAMC board signs off on appointment of Shih as chairman |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2020/05/21/2003736761 |accessdate=12 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=21 May 2020}}
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Category:20th-century Taiwanese economists
Category:Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Changhua County
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