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Ministry of Finance (Taiwan)

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Formed
  
March 1912

Headquarters
  
Taipei City

Website
  
www.mof.gov.tw

Jurisdiction
  
Taiwan (ROC)

Parent agency
  
Executive Yuan

Ministry of Finance (Taiwan)

Ministers responsible
  
Sheu Yu-jer, MinisterSu Jain-rong, Chuang Tsui-yun, Political Deputy MinistersWu Tzu-hsin, Administrative Deputy Minister

The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of China (MOF; Chinese: 中華民國財政部; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Cáizhèngbù) is the ministry of the Taiwan (ROC) responsible for government revenue, taxation, treasury, government land properties, customs in Taiwan. The current minister is Sheu Yu-jer.

Contents

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
  • Counselors
  • 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 Administration
  • Taxation Administration
  • National Property Administration
  • Customs Administration
  • National Taxation Bureau of Taipei
  • National Taxation Bureau of Kaohsiung
  • National Taxation Bureau of the Northern Area
  • National Taxation Bureau of the Central Area
  • National Taxation Bureau of the Southern Area
  • Fiscal Information Agency
  • Training Institute

    • 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 and Liquor Corporation
  • Bank of Taiwan
  • Land Bank of Taiwan
  • Export–Import Bank of the Republic of China

    • List of Ministers of Finance

    The following is a list of finance ministers of the Taiwan (ROC).

    Nationalist government during 1928–1947

  • T. V. Soong (宋子文) 1928–1933
  • H. H. Kung (孔祥熙) 1933–1944

    • 1948–1978

    Appointed by Chiang Kai-shek:

  • 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 (嚴家淦) appointed March 12, 1950
  • P. Y. Shu (徐柏園) appointed May 27, 1954
  • Yen Chia-kan (嚴家淦) appointed March 19, 1958
  • Chen Ching-yu (陳慶瑜) appointed December 14, 1963
  • Yu Kuo-hwa (俞國華) appointed November 29, 1967
  • Kwoh-Ting Li (李國鼎) appointed June 25, 1969, the "Father of Taiwan's Economic Miracle"

    • Appointed by Yen Chia-kan:

  • Fei Hwa (費驊) appointed June 9, 1976

    • 1978–1988

    Appointed by Chiang Ching-kuo:

  • 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:

  • Shirley Kuo (郭婉容) appointed July 22, 1988
  • Wang Chien-shien (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

    • 2000–2008

    Appointed by Chen Shui-bian:

  • Shea Jia-dong (許嘉棟) appointed May 20, 2000
  • Yen Ching-chang (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

    • 2008–2016

    Appointed by Ma Ying-jeou:

  • Lee Sush-der (李述德) appointed May 20, 2008
  • Christina Liu (劉憶如) appointed February 6, 2012
  • Chang Sheng-ford (張盛和) appointed June 1, 2012

    • 2016–present

    Appointed by Lin Chuan:

  • Sheu Yu-jer (許虞哲) appointed 20 May 2016

    • Transportation

    The MOF building is accessible by walking distance East of Xiaonanmen Station of the Taipei Metro on the Green Line.

    References

    Ministry of Finance (Taiwan) Wikipedia
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