Ministry of Finance of the Republic of China is a cabinet level executive yuan

Executive Yuan

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 agency responsible for government revenue, taxation, treasury, government land properties, customs throughout the Free Area of the Republic of China

Free Area of the Republic of China

The Free area of the Republic of China is a legal and political description referring to the territories under the control of the government of Republic of China , consisting of the island groups of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and some minor islands...

. The current minister is Lee Sush-Der.

The Ministry of Finance also manages the administration of government land, tobacco and alcohol, deposit insurance for banking customers and export-import banking services.

Internal Structure

The internal structure of the agency is comprised:

• Secretariat
• Counsellors
• Superintendent
• Department of Customs Administration
• Department of General Affairs
• Department of Personnel
• Department of Accounting
• Department of Statistics
• Department of Civil Service Ethics
• Legal Affairs Committee
• Petitions and Appeals Committee

Administrative Agencies

The Ministry of Finance has a number of subordinate agencies reporting to it. They are:

• National Treasury Agency
• Taxation Agency
• Bureau of National Properties
• Taipei National Tax Administration
• Kaohsiung National Tax Administration
• National Tax Administration of Central Taiwan Province
• National Tax Administration of Northern Taiwan Province
• National Tax Administration of Southern Taiwan Province
• Directorate General of Customs
• Financial Data Center
• Taxation and Tariff Committee
• Training Institute
• Taipei Regional Disbursing Office
• Taipei Regional Disbursing Office

Local Agencies under supervision

The following agencies report to the Ministry of Finance of the central government are:

• Bureau of Finance, Taipei Municipal Government
• Bureau of Finance, Kaohsiung Municipal Government

Subordinate agencies

These subordinate agencies report to the Ministry of Finance:

• Taiwan Tobacco & Wine Board
• Bank of Taiwan
• Central Deposit Insurance Corp.
• The Export-Import Bank of The Republic of China

List of Ministers of Finance

The following is a list of finance minister

Finance minister

The finance minister is a cabinet position in a government.A minister of finance has many different jobs in a government. He or she helps form the government budget, stimulate the economy, and control finances...

s of the Republic of China

Republic of China

The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

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1948–1978

Appointed by Chiang Kai-shek

Chiang Kai-shek

Chiang Kai-shek was a political and military leader of 20th century China. He is known as Jiǎng Jièshí or Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng in Mandarin....

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• Wang Yun-wu (王雲五) appointed May 31, 1948
• Hsu Kan (徐堪) appointed November 11, 1948
• Liu Kung-yun (劉攻芸) appointed March 21, 1949
• Hsu Kan (徐堪) appointed June 12, 1949
• Kuan Chi-yu (關吉玉) appointed October 3, 1949
• Yen Chia-kan
  Yen Chia-kan
  Yen Chia-kan , or Yen Chia-jin , better known as C. K. Yen, succeeded Chiang Kai-shek as President of the Republic of China upon Chiang's death on April 5, 1975. He served out the remainder of Chiang's term until May 20, 1978.-Biography:C. K...
  
   (嚴家淦) appointed March 12, 1950
• P. Y. Shu (徐柏園) appointed May 27, 1954
• Yan Chia-kan (嚴家淦) appointed March 19, 1958
• Chen Ching-yu  (陳慶瑜) appointed December 14, 1963
• Yu Kuo-hwa
  Yu Kuo-hwa
  Yu Kuo-hwa was the Premier of the Republic of China from 1984 to 1989.-Biography:He was born on 10 January 1914 in Fenghua, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China...
  
   (俞國華) appointed November 29, 1967
• Kwoh-Ting Li
  Kwoh-Ting Li
  Kwoh-Ting Li was a Chinese economist and politician best known as the "Father of Taiwan's Economic Miracle" for his work in transforming Taiwan's economy from an agrarian-based system into one of the world's leading producers of information and telecommunications technology...
  
   (李國鼎) appointed June 25, 1969, the "Father of Taiwan's Economic Miracle"

Appointed by Yen Chia-kan

Yen Chia-kan

Yen Chia-kan , or Yen Chia-jin , better known as C. K. Yen, succeeded Chiang Kai-shek as President of the Republic of China upon Chiang's death on April 5, 1975. He served out the remainder of Chiang's term until May 20, 1978.-Biography:C. K...

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• Fei Hwa (費驊) appointed June 9, 1976

1978–1988

Appointed by Chiang Ching-kuo

Chiang Ching-kuo

Chiang Ching-kuo , Kuomintang politician and leader, was the son of President Chiang Kai-shek and held numerous posts in the government of the Republic of China...

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• Chang Chi-cheng (張繼正) appointed May 29, 1978
• Hsu Li-teh (徐立德) appointed November 25, 1981
• Lu Reng-kong (陸潤康) appointed May 28, 1984
• Robert Chien (錢純) appointed August 21, 1985

1988–2000

Appointed by Lee Teng-hui

Lee Teng-hui

Lee Teng-hui is a politician of the Republic of China . He was the 7th, 8th, and 9th-term President of the Republic of China and Chairman of the Kuomintang from 1988 to 2000. He presided over major advancements in democratic reforms including his own re-election which marked the first direct...

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• Shirley Kuo (郭婉容) appointed July 22, 1988
• Wang Chien-shien
  Wang Chien-shien
  Wang Chien-shien is a founder of the New Party. He was finance minister of the Republic of China from 1990 to 1992 and is the chairman of the Chinese Management Association...
  
   (王建煊) appointed June 1, 1990
• Bai Pei-ying  (白培英) appointed October 23, 1992
• Lin Chen-kuo (林振國) appointed February 27, 1993
• Paul Chiu (邱正雄) appointed June 10, 1996

2000–present

Appointed by Chen Shui-bian

Chen Shui-bian

Chen Shui-bian is a former Taiwanese politician who was the 10th and 11th-term President of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008. Chen, whose Democratic Progressive Party has traditionally been supportive of Taiwan independence, ended more than fifty years of Kuomintang rule in Taiwan...

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• Shea Jia-dong (許嘉棟) appointed May 20, 2000
• Ching-Chang Yen (顏慶章) promoted October 6, 2000 from deputy finance minister (since 1996)
• Lee Yung-san (李庸三) appointed February 1, 2002
• Lin Chuan (林全) appointed December 2, 2002
• Joseph Lyu (呂桔誠) appointed January 25, 2006
• Ho Chih-Chin (何志欽) appointed July 4, 2006

External links

• Ministry of Finance, R.O.C.