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

!

1PFPCheng Hsiu-chu (鄭秀珠)align="right"|39,0566.37%
2KMTYeh Chin-fongalign="right"|257,50441.99%
3DPPWong Chin-chualign="right"|301,58449.17%20px
4IndependentHong Can-min (洪參民)align="right"|8,2191.34%
5IndependentChen Wan-zhen (陳婉貞)align="right"|6,9341.13%

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