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Yeh Jiunn-rong

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Yeh Jiunn-rong
葉俊榮
Official portrait, 2016
29th Minister of Education
In office
16 July 2018 – 25 December 2018
Prime MinisterWilliam Lai
DeputyYao Leeh-ter
Lin Teng-chiao
Preceded byYao Leeh-ter (acting)
Succeeded byYao Leeh-ter (acting)
31st Minister of the Interior
In office
20 May 2016 – 15 July 2018
Prime MinisterLin Chuan
William Lai
DeputyLin Tzu-ling
Chiu Chang-yueh[1]
Preceded byChen Wei-zen
Succeeded byHsu Kuo-yung
12th Minister of Research, Development and Evaluation Commission
In office
June 2004 – April 2006
Prime MinisterYu Shyi-kun
Frank Hsieh
Su Tseng-chang
DeputyJay N. Shih
Preceded byLin Chia-cheng
Succeeded byJay N. Shih
Minister without Portfolio
In office
1 May 2002 – 19 May 2004
Prime MinisterYu Shyi-kun
Personal details
BornOctober 1958 (1958-10) (age 68)
Wanhua District, Taipei City, Taiwan
Party Democratic Progressive Party
EducationNational Taiwan University (LLB, LLM)
Yale University (LLM, JSD)

Yeh Jiunn-rong (Chinese: 葉俊榮; pinyin: Yè Jùnróng; born October 1958) is a Taiwanese legal scholar and academic who served as Minister of Education in 2018 and previously as Minister of the Interior from 2016 to 2018. He is a chair professor of law at Taipei School of Economics and Political Science, National Tsing Hua University.

Education

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Yeh graduated from National Taiwan University with his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and master's degree in law in 1981 and 1985, respectively.[2] He then was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to complete advanced studies in the United States at Yale University,[3] where he earned a second Master of Laws (LL.M.) in 1986 and his Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D.) in 1988 from Yale Law School.[2] His doctoral dissertation was titled, "The Second Generation of Environmental Regulation: The Economic Incentive Approach".[4]

Early career

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Yeh was an associate professor on the Faculty of Law of NTU from 1988 to 1993 and served as professor from 1993 onward. He was also a visiting professor and scholar at Columbia University, Duke University, Hong Kong University and University of Toronto during 1995–2000.[5] He was also a visiting lecturer to the Law School of Zhejiang University in 2011–2012.[6]

Political career

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Yeh led the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission from 2004 to 2006. He returned to public service in 2016, taking office as Minister of the Interior on 20 May.[7][8] He was named Minister of Education in July 2018.[9] Yeh resigned as education minister on 25 December 2018,[10] a day after announcing that the ministry confirmed Kuan Chung-ming's selection as president of National Taiwan University,[11] outstanding since January 2018.[12]

References

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  1. ↑ Shen, Worthy; Chen, Christine (6 July 2017). "Italian priest says Taiwan citizenship is 'best birthday gift'". Central News Agency. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 "About Minister - Ministry of the Interior. Republic of China(Taiwan)". Archived from the original on 2017-12-07. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  3. ↑ "Hall of Fame – Fulbright Taiwan, Foundation for Scholarly Exchange-學術交流基金會". Retrieved 2025-04-23.
  4. ↑ Ye, Junrong; School, Yale Law. "The second generation of environmental regulation :: the economic incentive approach /: Jiunn-rong Yeh". Berkeley Law. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
  5. ↑ "Jiunn-Rong Yeh". Taiwan NGO Professionalization Watch. Archived from the original on 15 May 2006. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  6. ↑ Chin, Jonathan (11 April 2018). "Interior minister denies illegally teaching in PRC". Taipei Times. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Premier-designate Lin rounds up Cabinet appointments". Archived from the original on April 29, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Premier-designate presents final Cabinet picks". 29 April 2016.
  9. ↑ Maxson, Ann (17 July 2018). "Education minister installed, vows to fix NTU jam". Taipei Times. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  10. ↑ Hsieh, Ku Chuan, and, Chia-chen; Ku, Chuan; Chen, Chun-hua; Hsu, Elizabeth (25 December 2018). "Education minister tenders resignation over NTU president case". Central News. Retrieved 26 December 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ↑ Maxon, Ann (25 December 2018). "Ministry approves Kuan's appointment". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  12. ↑ Chen, Chih-chung; Kao, Evelyn (25 December 2018). "NTU president-elect set to take office Jan. 8". Central News Agency. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
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