Ministry of Finance (Taiwan)
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| 財政部 Cáizhèngbù (Mandarin) Chhòi-chṳn Phu (Hakka) | |
 Emblem of the Ministry of Finance | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | March 1912 |
| Jurisdiction | Taiwan |
| Headquarters | Wenshan, Taipei |
| Minister responsible | |
| Agency executives |
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| Website | www |
The Ministry of Finance (MOF; Chinese: 財政部; pinyin: Cáizhèngbù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Châi-chèng-pō͘) is the ministry of the Republic of China (Taiwan) responsible for government revenue, taxation, treasury, government land properties, customs in Taiwan. The current minister is Su Jain-rong.
The Ministry of Finance also manages the administration of government land, tobacco and alcohol, deposit insurance for banking customers and export-import banking services.[1]
The Emblem of the Ministry of Finance depicts a spade money - an early type of coinage in ancient China. The Western Han dynasty's money spade is used, imprinted with the archaic variation of the word 財.
Structure
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Internal structure
[edit]The internal structure of the agency is comprised:[2]
- Department of General Affairs
- Department of International Fiscal Affairs
- Department for the Promotion of Private Participation
- Department of Secretarial
- Department of Personnel
- Department of Government Ethics
- Department of Accounting
- Department of Statistics
- Department of Legal Affairs
Administrative agencies
[edit]The Ministry of Finance has a number of subordinate agencies reporting to it. They are:[1]
- 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
[edit]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
Government corporations
[edit]These state-owned corporations report to the Ministry of Finance:[3]
- Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation
- Taiwan Financial Holdings Group, which includes Bank of Taiwan
- Land Bank of Taiwan
- Export–Import Bank of the Republic of China
- Printing Plant, Ministry of Finance
List of ministers of finance
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The following is a list of finance ministers of the Republic of China.
Non-partisan/ unknown Kuomintang (Nationalist) Democratic Progressive Party Non-partisan Solidarity Union
Nationalist government during 1927–1947
[edit]- Sun Fo (孫科) 1927-1928
- T. V. Soong (宋子文) 1928–1933
- H. H. Kung (孔祥熙) 1933–1944
Constitutional government since 1948
[edit]| № | Name | Term of office | Days | Political party | Cabinet | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wang Yun-wu (王雲五) | 1 June 1948 | 15 November 1948 | 167 | Independent | Weng Wenhao |
| 2 | Hsu Kan (徐堪) | 15 November 1948 | 30 March 1949 | 135 | Kuomintang | Weng Wenhao Sun Fo He Yingqin |
| 3 | Liu Kung-yun (劉攻芸) | 30 March 1949 | 25 June 1949 | 87 | Kuomintang | He Yingqin Yan Xishan |
| 4 | Hsu Kan (徐堪) | 25 June 1949 | 4 October 1949 | 101 | Kuomintang | Yan Xishan |
| 5 | Kuan Chi-yu (關吉玉) | 4 October 1949 | 16 March 1950 | 163 | Kuomintang | Yan Xishan Chen Cheng I |
| 6 | Yen Chia-kan (嚴家淦) | 16 March 1950 | 1 June 1954 | 1538 | Kuomintang | Chen Cheng I |
| 7 | P. Y. Shu (徐柏園) | 1 June 1954 | 26 March 1958 | 1394 | Kuomintang | Yu Hung-Chun |
| 8 | Yen Chia-kan (嚴家淦) | 26 March 1958 | 16 December 1963 | 2091 | Kuomintang | Yu Hung-Chun Chen Cheng II |
| 9 | Chen Ching-yu (陳慶瑜) | 16 December 1963 | 4 December 1967 | 1449 | Kuomintang | Yen Chia-kan |
| 10 | Yu Kuo-hwa (俞國華) | 4 December 1967 | 4 July 1969 | 578 | Kuomintang | Yen Chia-kan |
| 11 | Kwoh-Ting Li (李國鼎) | 4 July 1969 | 11 June 1976 | 2534 | Kuomintang | Yen Chia-kan Chiang Ching-kuo |
| 12 | Fei Hwa (費驊) | 11 June 1976 | 1 June 1978 | 720 | Kuomintang | Chiang Ching-kuo |
| 13 | Chang Chi-cheng (張繼正) | 1 June 1978 | 1 December 1981 | 1279 | Kuomintang | Sun Yun-suan |
| 14 | Hsu Li-teh (徐立德) | 1 December 1981 | 1 June 1984 | 913 | Kuomintang | Sun Yun-suan |
| 15 | Lu Reng-kong (陸潤康) | 1 June 1984 | 29 August 1985 | 454 | Kuomintang | Yu Kuo-hua |
| 16 | Robert Chien (錢純) | 29 August 1985 | 22 July 1988 | 1058 | Kuomintang | Yu Kuo-hua |
| 17 | Shirley Kuo (郭婉容) | 22 July 1988 | 1 June 1990 | 679 | Kuomintang | Yu Kuo-hua Lee Huan |
| 18 | Wang Chien-shien (王建煊) | 1 June 1990 | 23 October 1992 | 875 | Kuomintang | Hau Pei-tsun |
| 19 | Bai Pei-ying (白培英) | 23 October 1992 | 27 February 1993 | 127 | Kuomintang | Hau Pei-tsun |
| 20 | Lin Chen-kuo (林振國) | 27 February 1993 | 10 June 1996 | 1199 | Lien Chan | |
| 21 | Paul Chiu (邱正雄) | 10 June 1996 | 20 May 2000 | 1440 | Kuomintang | Lien Chan Vincent Siew |
| 22 | Shea Jia-dong (許嘉棟) | 20 May 2000 | 6 October 2000 | 139 | Tang Fei | |
| 23 | Yen Ching-chang (顏慶章) | 6 October 2000 | 1 February 2002 | 483 | Chang Chun-hsiung I | |
| 24 | Lee Yung-san (李庸三) | 1 February 2002 | 2 December 2002 | 304 | Yu Shyi-kun | |
| 25 | Lin Chuan (林全) | 2 December 2002 | 25 January 2006 | 1150 | Independent | Yu Shyi-kun Frank Hsieh |
| 26 | Joseph Lyu (呂桔誠) | 25 January 2006 | 4 July 2006 | 160 | Su Tseng-chang I | |
| 27 | Ho Chih-chin (何志欽) | 4 July 2006 | 14 March 2008 | 619 | Su Tseng-chang I Chang Chun-hsiung II | |
| — | Lee Ruey-tsang (李瑞倉) | 14 March 2008 | 20 May 2008 | 67 | Chang Chun-hsiung II | |
| 28 | Lee Sush-der (李述德) | 20 May 2008 | 6 February 2012 | 1357 | Kuomintang | Liu Chao-shiuan Wu Den-yih |
| 29 | Christina Liu (劉憶如) | 6 February 2012 | 31 May 2012 | 115 | Non-partisan Solidarity Union | Sean Chen |
| — | Tseng Ming-chung (曾銘宗) | 31 May 2012 | 4 June 2012 | 4 | Kuomintang | Sean Chen |
| 30 | Chang Sheng-ford (張盛和) | 4 June 2012 | 20 May 2016 | 1446 | Kuomintang | Sean Chen Jiang Yi-huah Mao Chi-kuo Chang San-cheng |
| 31 | Sheu Yu-jer (許虞哲) | 20 May 2016 | 15 July 2018 | 786 | Independent | Lin Chuan William Lai |
| 32 | Su Jain-rong (蘇建榮) | 16 July 2018 | 25 December 2022 | 1623 | William Lai Su Tseng-chang II | |
| — | Juan Ching-hwa (阮清華) | 26 December 2022 | 30 January 2023 | 35 | Su Tseng-chang II | |
| 33 | Chuang Tsui-yun (莊翠雲) | 31 January 2023 | Incumbent | 685 | Chen Chien-jen Cho Jung-tai | |
Access
[edit]The MOF building is accessible from Jingmei Station of the Taipei Metro on the Green Line.
See also
[edit]Notes and references
[edit]- ^ a b "Ministry of Finance, R.O.C. Organization & Functions - Organization & Functions". Archived from the original on 2011-10-21. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
- ^ https://www.mof.gov.tw/engweb/np.asp?ctNode=673&CtUnit=97&BaseDSD=7 [dead link]
- ^ "Ministry of Finance, R.O.C - MOF Subordinate Agencies - MOF Subordinate Agencies". www.mof.gov.tw. Archived from the original on 2007-01-16.
- Ministry of Finance, 歷任部長基本資料, retrieved 2005-03-02.
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