Yeh Chu-lan

Senior Advisor to the PresidentAssumed office
9 November 2016PresidentTsai Ing-wen25th Secretary-General to the PresidentIn office
20 August 2007 – 22 March 2008PresidentChen Shui-bianPreceded byCho Jung-tai (acting)Succeeded byMark ChenActing Mayor of KaohsiungIn office
20 December 2005 – 25 December 2006Preceded byChen Chi-mai (acting)Succeeded byChen Chu24th Vice Premier of the Republic of China^[a]In office
20 May 2004 – 21 February 2005PremierYu Shyi-kunPreceded byLin Hsin-iSucceeded byWu Rong-i2nd Minister of the Hakka Affairs CouncilIn office
1 February 2002 – 19 May 2004PremierYu Shyi-kunPreceded byFan Kuang-chunSucceeded byLuo Wen-jia18th Minister of Transportation and CommunicationsIn office
20 May 2000 – 1 February 2002PremierTang Fei
Chang Chun-hsiungPreceded byChen Shih-yiSucceeded byLin Ling-sanMember of the Legislative YuanIn office
1 December 1990 – 20 May 2000ConstituencyTaipei 2 (1990–1993; 1996–2000)
Taiwan (1993–1996) Personal detailsBorn (1949-02-13) 13 February 1949 (age 75)
Tongluo, Miaoli County, TaiwanPolitical partyDemocratic Progressive PartySpouseCheng Nan-jungAlma materFu Jen Catholic UniversityOccupationPoliticianProfessionMarketing, Communication, Legal affairs

Yeh Chu-lan (Chinese: 葉菊蘭; pinyin: Yè Júlán; Wade–Giles: Yeh Chü-lan; born 1949) is a Taiwanese politician who served as the Vice Premier of Taiwan under the Yu Shyi-kun cabinet. She has also served as the acting Mayor of Kaohsiung, Minister of Transportation and Communications, Minister of Council for Hakka Affairs, and the secretary-general of the presidential office of Taiwan under the Chen Shui-bian government. She is the current senior advisor to President Tsai Ing-wen.

Career

Yeh worked in advertising for seventeen years prior to entering politics after her husband, Cheng Nan-jung, a dissident, chose to commit suicide rather than be arrested in 1989.

In 1992, she was the deputy convener of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Caucus in Legislative Yuan, and convener in 1995. From 2000 to 2002, Yeh was third in the Cabinet in her position as Minister of Transportation and Communications. She was Chairperson of the Council for Hakka Affairs from 2002 to 2004. In 2004 she was named Vice Premier, as well as Minister of Consumer Protection and Minister responsible for the Council for Economic Planning and Development. In late 2005, she became the first female acting mayor of Kaohsiung when then-mayor Frank Hsieh was appointed Premier.

She was sworn in as the Presidential Office secretary-general in August 2007.^[1]

Yeh was amongst the front runners to serve as DPP 2008 presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's vice-presidential running mate, however former Premier and DPP Chairman Su Tseng-chang was eventually chosen for the role.

In 2017, she was elected chairwoman of the Taiwan Visitors Association.^[2]

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