Li Meng-yen

In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.

Li Meng-yen (Chinese: 李孟諺; pinyin: Lǐ Mèngyàn; born 12 December 1966) is a Taiwanese politician and engineer. He has served as the minister of Transportation and Communications from May to August 2024 and secretary-general of the Executive Yuan from January 2019 to May 2024.^[1] In an acting capacity, he was mayor of Tainan from September 2017 to December 2018 and Executive Yuan spokesperson from November 2020 to February 2021.^[2][3]

Li Meng-yen
李孟諺
Official portrait, 2017
29th Minister of Transportation and Communication
In office 20 May 2024 – 19 August 2024
Prime Minister	Cho Jung-tai
Preceded by	Wang Kwo-tsai
Succeeded by	Chen Yen-po (acting)
38th Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan
In office 14 January 2019 – 20 May 2024
Prime Minister	Su Tseng-chang Chen Chien-jen
Deputy	Ho Pei-shan Sung Yu-hsieh
Preceded by	Ho Pei-shan (acting)
Succeeded by	Kung Ming-hsin
Acting Spokesperson of the Executive Yuan
In office 6 November 2020 – 17 February 2021
Prime Minister	Su Tseng-chang
Preceded by	Ting Yi-ming [zh]
Succeeded by	Lo Ping-cheng [zh]
Acting Mayor of Tainan
In office 8 September 2017 – 25 December 2018
Preceded by	William Lai
Succeeded by	Huang Wei-che
Personal details
Born	(1966-12-12) 12 December 1966 (age 58) Changhua County, Taiwan
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Wu Mei-xiu
Education	National Chung Hsing University (BS) UNESCO-IHE (MSc)

Education

Li graduated with his bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from National Chung Hsing University and earned a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in hydrology and engineering from the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands.^[4]

Political career

Li had been the assistant engineer and branch head of Housing and Urban Development Bureau of Taiwan Provincial Government. At the Taipei County Government, he had been the section chief and technical specialist of Public Works Bureau and acting and vice director-general of Water Resource Bureau and secretary. At the Public Construction Commission, he was the vice director of Department of Construction Management. At the Taipei City Government, he was the director of Sewerage Systems Office of Public Works Department.^[5]

Tainan City Government

In the Tainan City Government, he was the director-general of Water Resource Bureau and secretary-general. Li was appointed acting Tainan Mayor on 7 September 2017 as William Lai was named premier by president Tsai Ing-wen.^[6] Speaking at a summit held at National Cheng Kung University in June 2018, Li said that his city government aimed to declare English as the second official language of Tainan, starting by having bilingual signs on information at major public places.^[7]

Executive Yuan

He took office as secretary-general of the Executive Yuan on 14 January 2019, with the second Su Tseng-chang cabinet.^[8][9] Li was named the spokesman of the Executive Yuan on an interim basis on 15 November 2020, following the resignation of Ting Yi-ming [zh] from the position.^[10][11] Li was named Minister of Transportation and Communications in the Cho Jung-tai-led Executive Yuan on 12 April 2024.^[12] Li resigned from the Cho cabinet on 19 August 2024, after posts to PTT indicated that he had been in an extramarital affair for ten years.^[13][14]