Yeh Kuang-shih | |
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葉匡時 | |
Yeh Kuang-shih (Left)
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Minister of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of China | |
In office 18 February 2013 – 9 January 2015 |
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Deputy |
Chen Chwen-jing, Chen Jian-yu, Hsu Chun-yat Chen Chwen-jing, Chen Jian-yu, Fan Chih-ku Chen Jian-yu, Fan Chih-ku |
Preceded by | Mao Chi-kuo |
Succeeded by | Chen Jian-yu |
Political Deputy Minister of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of China | |
In office June 2009 – February 2013 |
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Minister | Mao Chi-kuo |
Succeeded by | Chen Chwen-jing |
Deputy Minister of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission of Executive Yuan | |
In office May 2008 – June 2009 |
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Minister | Jiang Yi-huah |
Personal details | |
Born |
7 January 1957 (age 60) Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan |
Nationality | Republic of China |
Political party | Kuomintang |
Alma mater |
National Taiwan University University of Delaware Carnegie Mellon University |
Yeh Kuang-shih (Chinese: 葉匡時; pinyin: Yè Kuāngshí; born 1957 in Hualien) is a politician in the Republic of China (ROC). He was the Minister of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications from 18 February 2013 until 9 January 2015.
Yeh Kuang-shih was born in Hualien City in 1957. His parents are immigrants from Zhejiang, China. He graduated from National Taiwan University with a bachelor's degree in political science in 1979. He then obtained a master's degree in public administration at University of Delaware in 1984, and a PhD in organization theory at Carnegie Mellon University in 1990.
Yeh was a professor at Sun Yat-sen University in Department of Business Administration from 1991 to 2015. He has more than 30 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has written several books on business administration.
After resigning from his post as the Minister of Transportation and Communications in 2015, Yeh left Sun Yat-sen University for the Graduate Institute of Technology Innovation & Intellectual Property Management at National Chengchi University.
Yeh served as the Deputy Minister of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission from 2008 to 2009. During his time he participated in the Organizational Reform of Executive Yuan.
From 2009 to 2013 Yeh served as the Political Deputy Minister of Transportation and Communications. During this time, he instituted Taoyuan International Airport Corporation, the operator of the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, and served as the first chairman.