Premier-designate Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) on Tuesday announced the third wave of Cabinet appointments, including the new heads of the economic and digital ministries.
The next Cabinet is to take office on May 20 after president-elect William Lai’s (賴清德) inauguration.
Cho on Tuesday announced six new appointments to head the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Digital Affairs, National Development Council (NDC), National Science and Technology Council, Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) and Public Construction Commission.
Photo: Lo Pei-de, Taipei Times
J.W. Kuo (郭智輝) is to be the new minister of economic affairs. Currently chairman of semiconductor product distributor Topco Group (崇越集團), Kuo is considered one of Taiwan’s top 100 CEOs with a net worth of more than NT$10 billion (US$307.2 million). He also has experience in the biotechnology, photovoltaic, green energy and health fields, with expertise in corporate management and industrial supply chains.
Huang Yen-nun (黃彥男), a distinguished research fellow with Academia Sinica's Research Center for Information Technology Innovation, is to replace Audrey Tang (唐鳳) as minister of digital affairs.
He conducts cross-disciplinary research in ICT, artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things, with the appointment expected to facilitate the integration of AI into more fields.
To head the National Science and Technology Council is Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology president Wu Cheng-wen (吳誠文).
Paul Liu (劉鏡清), former chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers Business Consulting Services Taiwan Ltd known as one of the few business leaders to have practical as well as consulting experience, is to head the NDC.
Peng Jin-lung (彭金隆), associate dean of National Chengchi University's College of Commerce, has been appointed the new chairperson of the FSC, while former CPC Corp, Taiwan (台灣中油) chairman Chen Chin-te (陳金德) is to head the Public Construction Commission.
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