Tseng Ming-chung

Taiwanese politician

曾銘宗

Official portrait, 2016

Minority Leader of the Legislative YuanIn office
10 February 2022 – 31 January 2024SpeakerYu Shyi-kunSecretary General

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Wan Mei-ling
Lee De-wei
Hsieh Yi-fong

Preceded byAlex FaiSucceeded byKer Chien-mingMember of the Legislative YuanIn office
1 February 2016 – 31 January 2024ConstituencyParty-listActing Secretary-General of the KuomintangIn office
15 January 2020 – 18 March 2020ChairmanLin Rong-te (acting)
Johnny ChiangPreceded byTseng Yung-chuanSucceeded byLee Chien-lung7th Chairman of the Financial Supervisory CommissionIn office
1 August 2013 – 31 January 2016Prime MinisterJiang Yi-huah
Mao Chi-kuoDeputyWang Li-ling, Huang Tien-muPreceded byChen Yuh-changSucceeded byWang Li-lingPolitical Deputy Minister of FinanceIn office
2012 – July 2013MinisterChang Sheng-fordSucceeded byWu Tang-chiehAdministrative Deputy Minister of FinanceIn office
2008–2012MinisterLee Sush-der
Christina Liu Personal detailsBorn22 January 1959 (1959-01-22) (age 65)^[1]NationalityTaiwanPolitical partyKuomintang (since 2016)Alma mater National Chung Hsing University
National Taipei University

Tseng Ming-chung or William Tseng (Chinese: 曾銘宗; pinyin: Zēng Míngzōng; born 22 January 1959) is a Taiwanese politician. He has served as Deputy Minister of Finance, chaired the Financial Supervisory Commission, and as an elected member of the Legislative Yuan.

Education

Tseng obtained his doctoral degree in business administration from National Taipei University.^[2]

Political career

As deputy minister of finance, Tseng commented on the amendment to raise the tax and health and welfare surcharge on tobacco in early May 2013. He stated that the move would result in a loss of NT$610 million in tax revenue but it will bring in an extra NT$25 billion in income used for health and welfare funds.^[3]

He was named the Chairperson of the Financial Supervisory Commission of the Executive Yuan on 1 August 2013.^[4]

Tseng was elected to the Legislative Yuan through the proportional representation ballot in 2016, as a member of the Kuomintang.^[5] Prior to the election, he was an independent.^[6]

References

^ "數位網路報: 曾銘宗宦海浮沉". hanreporter.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
^ "The Legislative Yuan Republic of China-Tseng,Ming-chung-Brief Introduction". 23 July 2013.
^ "Ministers agree to raise tobacco duties". Taipei Times. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
^ "Defense chief exits in Cabinet reshuffle". China Post. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
^ Lin, Liang-sheng (1 February 2016). "Ninth legislature to vote on speaker". Taipei Times. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
^ "KMT Party List for At-Large Legislative Candidates Partially Revealed". Kuomintang News Network. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2016.