Yeh Chin-fong
{{Short description|Taiwanese politician (born 1943)}}
{{family name hatnote|Yeh|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Yeh Chin-fong
| native_name = {{nobold|葉金鳳}}
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| office1 = Minister of Justice of the Republic of China
| deputy1 = Tseng Yung-fu
| term_start1 = 1 February 1999
| term_end1 = 20 May 2000
| predecessor1 = Cheng Chung-mo
| successor1 = Chen Ding-nan
| office2 = Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of China
| deputy2 =
| term_start2 = 15 May 1997
| term_end2 = 5 February 1998
| predecessor2 = Lin Fong-cheng
| successor2 = Huang Chu-wen
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|22 June 1943}}
| birth_place = Taichū, Taiwan, Empire of Japan
| nationality = Republic of China
| party = Kuomintang
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| children =
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| native_name_lang = zh-hans
| education = National Chung Hsing University (LLB)
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Yeh Chin-fong ({{zh|c=葉金鳳|p=Yè Jīnfèng}}; born 22 June 1943) is a Taiwanese politician. She was the Minister of Justice from 1999 to 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/97/0606/nat2.html|title=Moving to the Hot Seat |publisher=CNN |access-date=2014-08-22}}
Minister of Justice
=1999 judicial person of the year=
In January 2000, Yeh was chosen as the Judicial Person of the Year for 1999.{{Cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2000/01/12/0000019292|title = Justice minister gets 'top\' spot in rankings - Taipei Times|date = 12 January 2000}}
2001 Changhua County magistrate election
On 1 December 2001, Yeh joined the Changhua County magistrate election from Kuomintang. However, she lost to Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Wong Chin-chu.{{Cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2001/11/15/0000111653/2|title=Women must break political ceiling - Taipei Times|date=15 November 2001}}
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|+ 2001 Changhua County Magistrate Election Result | |||||
No.
! Party ! Candidate ! Votes ! Percentage ! | |||||
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1 | PFP | Cheng Hsiu-chu (鄭秀珠) | align="right"|39,056 | 6.37% | |
2 | KMT | Yeh Chin-fong | align="right"|257,504 | 41.99% | |
3 | DPP | Wong Chin-chu | align="right"|301,584 | 49.17% | 20px |
4 | Independent | Hong Can-min (洪參民) | align="right"|8,219 | 1.34% | |
5 | Independent | Chen Wan-zhen (陳婉貞) | align="right"|6,934 | 1.13% |
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Category:Ministers of justice of Taiwan
Category:Ministers of the interior of Taiwan
Category:Female justice ministers
Category:Female interior ministers
Category:Women government ministers of Taiwan
Category:Kuomintang politicians in Taiwan
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