Chen Tain-jy

Chen Tain-jy (Chinese: 陳添枝; pinyin: Chén Tiānzhī) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of National Development Council in 2016–2017.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.

Chen Tain-jy
陳添枝
Minister of National Development Council of the Republic of China
In office 20 May 2016 – 7 September 2017
Deputy	Kung Ming-hsin, Tseng Shu-cheng, Kao Shien-quey
Preceded by	Lin Chu-chia
Succeeded by	Chen Mei-ling
Minister without Portfolio
In office 20 May 2016 – 2017
Premier	Lin Chuan
Succeeded by	Hsu Kuo-yung
Minister of Council for Economic Planning and Development of the Republic of China
In office 20 May 2008 – 10 September 2009
Preceded by	Ho Mei-yueh
Succeeded by	Tsai Hsun-hsiung
Personal details
Born	(1953-06-24) 24 June 1953
Nationality	Republic of China
Alma mater	National Taiwan University Pennsylvania State University

Academic career

Chen obtained his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University in 1975 and doctoral degree in economics from Pennsylvania State University in the United States in 1983.[1][2] He then returned to Taiwan to teach at NTU.

Political career

He led the Council for Economic Planning and Development from 2008 to 2009, during the Ma Ying-jeou administration, and returned to government work in 2016 to serve as minister of the National Development Council.[3][4][5]

References

1. "Tain Jy Chen - College of Social Sciences, NTU". Archived from the original on 2016-05-12. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
2. "Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)".
3. "More Cabinet lineup announced".
4. "Additional future Cabinet members announced by DPP".
5. "Stocks". Bloomberg.com.