The Ministry of Finance (MOF; Chinese: 財政部; pinyin: Cáizhèngbù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Châi-chèng-pō͘) is the ministry of the Republic of China (Taiwan) responsible for government revenue, taxation, treasury, government land properties, customs in Taiwan. The current minister is Su Jain-rong.
| 財政部 Cáizhèngbù (Mandarin) Chhòi-chṳn Phu (Hakka) | |
 Emblem of the Ministry of Finance | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | March 1912 |
| Jurisdiction | Taiwan |
| Headquarters | Wenshan, Taipei |
| Minister responsible | |
| Agency executives |
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| Website | www |
The Ministry of Finance also manages the administration of government land, tobacco and alcohol, deposit insurance for banking customers and export-import banking services.[1]
The Emblem of the Ministry of Finance depicts a spade money - an early type of coinage in ancient China. The Western Han dynasty's money spade is used, imprinted with the archaic variation of the word 財.
Structure
Internal structure
The internal structure of the agency is comprised:[2]
- Department of General Affairs
- Department of International Fiscal Affairs
- Department for the Promotion of Private Participation
- Department of Secretarial
- Department of Personnel
- Department of Government Ethics
- Department of Accounting
- Department of Statistics
- Department of Legal Affairs
Administrative agencies
The Ministry of Finance has a number of subordinate agencies reporting to it. They are:[1]
- National Treasury Administration
- Taxation Administration
- National Property Administration
- Customs Administration
- National Taxation Bureau of Taipei
- National Taxation Bureau of Kaohsiung
- National Taxation Bureau of the Northern Area
- National Taxation Bureau of the Central Area
- National Taxation Bureau of the Southern Area
- Fiscal Information Agency
- Training Institute
Local agencies under supervision
The following agencies report to the Ministry of Finance of the central government are:
- Bureau of Finance, Taipei Municipal Government
- Bureau of Finance, Kaohsiung Municipal Government
Government corporations
These state-owned corporations report to the Ministry of Finance:[3]
List of ministers of finance
The following is a list of finance ministers of the Republic of China.
Non-partisan/ unknown Kuomintang (Nationalist) Democratic Progressive Party Non-partisan Solidarity Union
Nationalist government during 1927–1947
- Sun Fo (孫科) 1927-1928
- T. V. Soong (宋子文) 1928–1933
- H. H. Kung (孔祥熙) 1933–1944
Constitutional government since 1948
| № | Name | Term of office | Days | Political party | Cabinet | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wang Yun-wu (王雲五) | 1 June 1948 | 15 November 1948 | 167 | Independent | Weng Wenhao |
| 2 | Hsu Kan (徐堪) | 15 November 1948 | 30 March 1949 | 135 | Kuomintang | Weng Wenhao Sun Fo He Yingqin |
| 3 | Liu Kung-yun (劉攻芸) | 30 March 1949 | 25 June 1949 | 87 | Kuomintang | He Yingqin Yan Xishan |
| 4 | Hsu Kan (徐堪) | 25 June 1949 | 4 October 1949 | 101 | Kuomintang | Yan Xishan |
| 5 | Kuan Chi-yu (關吉玉) | 4 October 1949 | 16 March 1950 | 163 | Kuomintang | Yan Xishan Chen Cheng I |
| 6 | Yen Chia-kan (嚴家淦) | 16 March 1950 | 1 June 1954 | 1538 | Kuomintang | Chen Cheng I |
| 7 | P. Y. Shu (徐柏園) | 1 June 1954 | 26 March 1958 | 1394 | Kuomintang | Yu Hung-Chun |
| 8 | Yen Chia-kan (嚴家淦) | 26 March 1958 | 16 December 1963 | 2091 | Kuomintang | Yu Hung-Chun Chen Cheng II |
| 9 | Chen Ching-yu (陳慶瑜) | 16 December 1963 | 4 December 1967 | 1449 | Kuomintang | Yen Chia-kan |
| 10 | Yu Kuo-hwa (俞國華) | 4 December 1967 | 4 July 1969 | 578 | Kuomintang | Yen Chia-kan |
| 11 | Kwoh-Ting Li (李國鼎) | 4 July 1969 | 11 June 1976 | 2534 | Kuomintang | Yen Chia-kan Chiang Ching-kuo |
| 12 | Fei Hwa (費驊) | 11 June 1976 | 1 June 1978 | 720 | Kuomintang | Chiang Ching-kuo |
| 13 | Chang Chi-cheng (張繼正) | 1 June 1978 | 1 December 1981 | 1279 | Kuomintang | Sun Yun-suan |
| 14 | Hsu Li-teh (徐立德) | 1 December 1981 | 1 June 1984 | 913 | Kuomintang | Sun Yun-suan |
| 15 | Lu Reng-kong (陸潤康) | 1 June 1984 | 29 August 1985 | 454 | Kuomintang | Yu Kuo-hua |
| 16 | Robert Chien (錢純) | 29 August 1985 | 22 July 1988 | 1058 | Kuomintang | Yu Kuo-hua |
| 17 | Shirley Kuo (郭婉容) | 22 July 1988 | 1 June 1990 | 679 | Kuomintang | Yu Kuo-hua Lee Huan |
| 18 | Wang Chien-shien (王建煊) | 1 June 1990 | 23 October 1992 | 875 | Kuomintang | Hau Pei-tsun |
| 19 | Bai Pei-ying (白培英) | 23 October 1992 | 27 February 1993 | 127 | Kuomintang | Hau Pei-tsun |
| 20 | Lin Chen-kuo (林振國) | 27 February 1993 | 10 June 1996 | 1199 | Lien Chan | |
| 21 | Paul Chiu (邱正雄) | 10 June 1996 | 20 May 2000 | 1440 | Kuomintang | Lien Chan Vincent Siew |
| 22 | Shea Jia-dong (許嘉棟) | 20 May 2000 | 6 October 2000 | 139 | Tang Fei | |
| 23 | Yen Ching-chang (顏慶章) | 6 October 2000 | 1 February 2002 | 483 | Chang Chun-hsiung I | |
| 24 | Lee Yung-san (李庸三) | 1 February 2002 | 2 December 2002 | 304 | Yu Shyi-kun | |
| 25 | Lin Chuan (林全) | 2 December 2002 | 25 January 2006 | 1150 | Independent | Yu Shyi-kun Frank Hsieh |
| 26 | Joseph Lyu (呂桔誠) | 25 January 2006 | 4 July 2006 | 160 | Su Tseng-chang I | |
| 27 | Ho Chih-chin (何志欽) | 4 July 2006 | 14 March 2008 | 619 | Su Tseng-chang I Chang Chun-hsiung II | |
| — | Lee Ruey-tsang (李瑞倉) | 14 March 2008 | 20 May 2008 | 67 | Chang Chun-hsiung II | |
| 28 | Lee Sush-der (李述德) | 20 May 2008 | 6 February 2012 | 1357 | Kuomintang | Liu Chao-shiuan Wu Den-yih |
| 29 | Christina Liu (劉憶如) | 6 February 2012 | 31 May 2012 | 115 | Non-partisan Solidarity Union | Sean Chen |
| — | Tseng Ming-chung (曾銘宗) | 31 May 2012 | 4 June 2012 | 4 | Kuomintang | Sean Chen |
| 30 | Chang Sheng-ford (張盛和) | 4 June 2012 | 20 May 2016 | 1446 | Kuomintang | Sean Chen Jiang Yi-huah Mao Chi-kuo Chang San-cheng |
| 31 | Sheu Yu-jer (許虞哲) | 20 May 2016 | 15 July 2018 | 786 | Independent | Lin Chuan William Lai |
| 32 | Su Jain-rong (蘇建榮) | 16 July 2018 | 25 December 2022 | 1623 | William Lai Su Tseng-chang II | |
| — | Juan Ching-hwa (阮清華) | 26 December 2022 | 30 January 2023 | 35 | Su Tseng-chang II | |
| 33 | Chuang Tsui-yun (莊翠雲) | 31 January 2023 | Incumbent | 651 | Chen Chien-jen Cho Jung-tai | |
Access
The MOF building is accessible from Jingmei Station of the Taipei Metro on the Green Line.
See also
Notes and references
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