Ministry of Finance (Republic of China)

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Ministry of Finance 中華民國財政部
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Free Area of the Republic of China  Taiwan
Headquarters	Taipei City
Agency executive	Lee Sush-Der, Minister of Finance
Parent agency	Executive Yuan
Website
http://www.mof.gov.tw(Chinese (Taiwan))

Ministry of Finance of the Republic of China (traditional Chinese: 中華民國財政部) is a cabinet level executive yuan agency responsible for government revenue, taxation, treasury, government land properties, customs throughout the Free Area of the Republic of China. The current minister is Lee Sush-Der^[1].

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]

Contents 1 Structure 1.1 Internal Structure 1.2 Administrative Agencies 1.3 Local Agencies under supervision 1.4 Subordinate agencies 2 List of Ministers of Finance 2.1 Nationalist government during 1928–1947 2.2 1948–1978 2.3 1978–1988 2.4 1988–2000 2.5 2000–present 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Structure

[edit] Internal Structure

The internal structure of the agency is comprised:^[2]

• Secretariat
• Counsellors
• 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

[edit] Administrative Agencies

The Ministry of Finance has a number of subordinate agencies reporting to it. They are:^[1]

• National Treasury Agency
• Taxation Agency
• Bureau of National Properties
• Taipei National Tax Administration
• Kaohsiung National Tax Administration
• National Tax Administration of Central Taiwan Province
• National Tax Administration of Northern Taiwan Province
• National Tax Administration of Southern Taiwan Province
• Directorate General of Customs
• Financial Data Center
• Taxation and Tariff Committee
• Training Institute
• Taipei Regional Disbursing Office
• Taipei Regional Disbursing Office

[edit] 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

[edit] Subordinate agencies

These subordinate agencies report to the Ministry of Finance:^[3]

• Taiwan Tobacco & Wine Board
• Bank of Taiwan
• Central Deposit Insurance Corp.
• The Export-Import Bank of The Republic of China

[edit] List of Ministers of Finance

The following is a list of finance ministers of the Republic of China.

[edit] Nationalist government during 1928–1947

T. V. Soong

[edit] 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
• Yan 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 2000–present

Appointed by Chen Shui-bian:

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

[edit] References

• Ministry of Finance, 歷任部長基本資料, retrieved 2005-03-02.

[edit] External links

• Ministry of Finance, R.O.C.(Chinese (Taiwan))

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