Yeh Jiunn-rong | |
Native Name: | 葉俊榮 |
Office1: | 29th Minister of Education |
Primeminister1: | William Lai |
Deputy1: | Yao Leeh-ter Lin Teng-chiao |
Term Start1: | 16 July 2018 |
Term End1: | 25 December 2018 |
Predecessor1: | Yao Leeh-ter (acting) |
Successor1: | Yao Leeh-ter (acting) |
Office2: | 31st Minister of the Interior |
Primeminister2: | Lin Chuan William Lai |
Deputy2: | Lin Tzu-ling Chiu Chang-yueh[1] |
Term Start2: | 20 May 2016 |
Term End2: | 15 July 2018 |
Predecessor2: | Chen Wei-zen |
Successor2: | Hsu Kuo-yung |
Office3: | 12th Minister of Research, Development and Evaluation Commission |
Primeminister3: | Yu Shyi-kun Frank Hsieh Su Tseng-chang |
Deputy3: | Jay N. Shih |
Term Start3: | June 2004 |
Term End3: | April 2006 |
Predecessor3: | Lin Chia-cheng |
Successor3: | Jay N. Shih |
Office4: | Minister without Portfolio |
Term Start4: | 1 May 2002 |
Term End4: | 19 May 2004 |
Primeminister4: | Yu Shyi-kun |
Birth Place: | Wanhua District, Taipei City, Taiwan |
Nationality: | Taiwanese (Taiwan) |
Party: | Democratic Progressive Party |
Alma Mater: | National Taiwan University Yale University |
Yeh Jiunn-rong (; born October 1958) is a Taiwanese academic and politician.
Yeh received his bachelor's and master's degrees in law from National Taiwan University (NTU) in 1981 and 1985, respectively. He went on to study at Yale University in the United States, earning master's and doctoral degrees in law in 1986 and 1988, respectively.[2]
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 to Columbia University, Duke University, Hong Kong University and University of Toronto during 1995–2000.[3] He was also a visiting lecturer to the Law School of Zhejiang University in 2011–2012.[4]
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.[5] [6] He was named Minister of Education in July 2018.[7] Yeh resigned as education minister on 25 December 2018,[8] a day after announcing that the ministry confirmed Kuan Chung-ming's selection as president of National Taiwan University,[9] outstanding since January 2018.[10]