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Yao Leeh-ter

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Leether Yao Leeh-ter
姚立德
Official portrait, 2020
Member of the Examination Yuan
Assumed office
1 September 2020
Appointed byTsai Ing-wen
EY PresidentHuang Jong-tsun
Acting Minister of Education
In office
26 December 2018 – 13 January 2019
Prime MinisterWilliam Lai
Preceded byYeh Jiunn-rong
Succeeded byPan Wen-chung
In office
30 May 2018 – 15 July 2018
Prime MinisterWilliam Lai
Preceded byWu Maw-kuen
Succeeded byYeh Jiunn-rong
In office
15 April 2018 – 18 April 2018
Prime MinisterWilliam Lai
Preceded byPan Wen-chung
Succeeded byWu Maw-kuen
Political Deputy Minister of Education
In office
September 2017 – 13 January 2019
MinisterWu Maw-kuen
Yeh Jiunn-rong
DeputyLin Teng-chiao (administrative)
Personal details
Born (1962-09-04) 4 September 1962 (age 62)
Taipei, Taiwan
Political partyIndependent
EducationNational Taipei University of Technology (BS)
Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS)
University of Wisconsin–Madison (PhD)

Leether Yao Leeh-ter (Chinese: 姚立德; pinyin: Yáo Lìdé) is a Taiwanese engineer and politician. He was appointed political deputy minister of Education in September 2017 and resigned the position in January 2019.[1][2]

Education

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Yao obtained his diploma in electrical engineering from National Taipei Institute of Technology in 1982. He then moved to the United States and obtained master's degree in electrical engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology in 1987 and doctoral degree in electrical and computer engineering from University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1992.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Political Deputy Minister Yao, Leehter". Ministry of Education, Republic of China (Taiwan). 20 September 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  2. ^ Lin, Rachel (14 January 2019). "Education groups worried as deputy ministers quit". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 January 2019.