Li Meng-yen

Li Meng-yen
Li Meng-yen
	李孟諺
Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 14 January 2019
Deputy	Ho Pei-shan, Sung Yu-hsieh
Preceded by	Cho Jung-tai
Mayor of Tainan; Acting
	In office; 8 September 2017 – 25 December 2018
Preceded by	William Lai
Succeeded by	Huang Wei-cher
Personal details
Born	12 December 1966; Changhua County, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwan (Republic of China)
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	National Chung Hsing University; UNESCO-IHE

Li Meng-yen (Chinese: 李孟諺; pinyin: Lǐ Mèngyàn; born 12 December 1966) is a Taiwanese politician and was the acting Mayor of Tainan from 8 September 2017 until 25 December 2018.

Education

Li obtained his bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from National Chung Hsing University and master's degree in water science and engineering from UNESCO-IHE in the Netherlands.[1]

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.

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 of the Republic of China by President Tsai Ing-wen.[2] 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.[3]

Executive Yuan

He took office as secretary-general of the Executive Yuan on 14 January 2019, with the second Su Tseng-chang cabinet.[4][5]

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References

"Acting Mayor Li Men-yen, Tainan City, Taiwan". Tainan City Government. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
"William Lai bids farewell, thanks Tainan residents". Taipei Times. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
"Islam Campus Summit held at National Cheng Kung University". Central News Agency. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
Chen, Yu-fu; Hetherington, William (14 January 2019). "Cabinet announces ministers, ideology". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
Yu, Matt; Hsu, Phoenix; Cheng, Sabine; Wen, Kuei-hsiang; Yeh, Su-ping; Yen, William (13 January 2019). "Cheng Li-chiun to remain minister of culture: Executive Yuan". Central News Agency. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

Political offices
Preceded by Lai Ching-te	Mayor of Tainan Acting 2017–2018	Succeeded by Huang Wei-cher

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[1] "Acting Mayor Li Men-yen, Tainan City, Taiwan". Tainan City Government. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.

[2] "William Lai bids farewell, thanks Tainan residents". Taipei Times. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.

[3] "Islam Campus Summit held at National Cheng Kung University". Central News Agency. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.

[4] Chen, Yu-fu; Hetherington, William (14 January 2019). "Cabinet announces ministers, ideology". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[5] Yu, Matt; Hsu, Phoenix; Cheng, Sabine; Wen, Kuei-hsiang; Yeh, Su-ping; Yen, William (13 January 2019). "Cheng Li-chiun to remain minister of culture: Executive Yuan". Central News Agency. Retrieved 13 January 2019.