Yeh Chin-fong
Appearance
Yeh Chin-fong | |
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葉金鳳 | |
Minister of Justice of the Republic of China | |
In office 1 February 1999 – 20 May 2000 | |
Deputy | Tseng Yung-fu |
Preceded by | Cheng Chung-mo |
Succeeded by | Chen Ding-nan |
Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of China | |
In office 15 May 1997 – 5 February 1998 | |
Preceded by | Lin Fong-cheng |
Succeeded by | Huang Chu-wen |
Personal details | |
Born | 22 June 1943 Taichū, Taiwan, Empire of Japan | (age 81)
Nationality | Republic of China |
Political party | Kuomintang |
Alma mater | National Taipei University |
Yeh Chin-fong (Chinese: 葉金鳳; pinyin: Yè Jīnfèng; born 22 June 1943) is a Taiwanese politician. She was the Minister of Justice from 1999 to 2000.[1]
Minister of Justice
[edit]1999 judicial person of the year
[edit]In January 2000, Yeh was chosen as the Judicial Person of the Year for 1999.[2]
2001 Changhua County magistrate election
[edit]On 1 December 2001, Yeh joined the Changhua County magistrate election from Kuomintang. However, she lost to Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Wong Chin-chu.[3]
No. | Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
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1 | PFP | Cheng Hsiu-chu (鄭秀珠) | 39,056 | 6.37% | |
2 | KMT | Yeh Chin-fong | 257,504 | 41.99% | |
3 | DPP | Wong Chin-chu | 301,584 | 49.17% | |
4 | Independent | Hong Can-min (洪參民) | 8,219 | 1.34% | |
5 | Independent | Chen Wan-zhen (陳婉貞) | 6,934 | 1.13% |
References
[edit]- ^ "Moving to the Hot Seat". CNN. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ^ "Justice minister gets 'top\' spot in rankings - Taipei Times". 12 January 2000.
- ^ "Women must break political ceiling - Taipei Times". 15 November 2001.