The Ministry of Finance (MOF; ) 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 Chuang Tsui-yun.
The Ministry of Finance also manages the administration of government land, tobacco and alcohol, deposit insurance for banking customers and export-import banking services.
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
thumb|[[Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation]]
thumb|[[Bank of Taiwan]]
Internal structure
The internal structure of the agency comprises:
- 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:
- Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation
- Taiwan Financial Holdings Group, which includes Bank of Taiwan
- Land Bank of Taiwan
- Export–Import Bank of the Republic of China
- Printing Plant, Ministry of Finance
List of ministers of finance
thumb|[[Chuang Tsui-yun, the incumbent Minister of Finance]]
The following is a list of finance ministers of the Republic of China.
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
{| class="wikitable"
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! №
! width="180"|Name
! colspan=2 width="180"|Term of office
! Days
! width="100"|Political party
! width="120"|Cabinet
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:black;" | 1
| align=center|Wang Yun-wu (王雲五)
| 1 June 1948 || 15 November 1948 ||
| Independent
| Weng Wenhao
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" | 2
| align=center|Hsu Kan (徐堪)
| 15 November 1948 || 30 March 1949 ||
| Kuomintang
| Weng Wenhao<br />Sun Fo<br />He Yingqin
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" | 3
| align=center|Liu Kung-yun (劉攻芸)
| 30 March 1949 || 25 June 1949 ||
| Kuomintang
| He Yingqin<br />Yan Xishan
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" | 4
| align=center|Hsu Kan (徐堪)
| 25 June 1949 || 4 October 1949 ||
| Kuomintang
| Yan Xishan
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" | 5
| align=center|Kuan Chi-yu (關吉玉)
| 4 October 1949 || 16 March 1950 ||
| Kuomintang
| Yan Xishan<br />Chen Cheng I
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" | 6
| align=center|Yen Chia-kan (嚴家淦)
| 16 March 1950 || 1 June 1954 ||
| Kuomintang
| Chen Cheng I
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" | 7
| align=center|P. Y. Shu (徐柏園)
| 1 June 1954 || 26 March 1958 ||
| Kuomintang
| Yu Hung-Chun
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" | 8
| align=center|Yen Chia-kan (嚴家淦)
| 26 March 1958 || 16 December 1963 ||
| Kuomintang
| Yu Hung-Chun<br />Chen Cheng II
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" | 9
| align=center|Chen Ching-yu <!-- CHECK ROMANIZATION! --> (陳慶瑜)
| 16 December 1963 || 4 December 1967 ||
| Kuomintang
| Yen Chia-kan
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" | 10
| align=center|Yu Kuo-hwa (俞國華)
| 4 December 1967 || 4 July 1969 ||
| Kuomintang
| Yen Chia-kan
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" | 11
| align=center|Kwoh-Ting Li (李國鼎)
| 4 July 1969 || 11 June 1976 ||
| Kuomintang
| Yen Chia-kan<br />Chiang Ching-kuo
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" | 12
| align=center|Fei Hua (費驊)
| 11 June 1976 || 1 June 1978 ||
| Kuomintang
| Chiang Ching-kuo
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" | 13
| align=center|Chang Chi-cheng (張繼正)
| 1 June 1978 || 1 December 1981 ||
| Kuomintang
| Sun Yun-suan
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" | 14
| align=center|Hsu Li-teh (徐立德)
| 1 December 1981 || 1 June 1984 ||
| Kuomintang
| Sun Yun-suan
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" | 15
| align=center|Lu Reng-kong (陸潤康)
| 1 June 1984 || 29 August 1985 ||
| Kuomintang
| Yu Kuo-hua
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" | 16
| align=center|Robert Chien (錢純)
| 29 August 1985 || 22 July 1988 ||
| Kuomintang
| Yu Kuo-hua
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" | 17
| align=center|Shirley Kuo (郭婉容)
| 22 July 1988 || 1 June 1990 ||
| Kuomintang
| Yu Kuo-hua<br />Lee Huan
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" | 18
| align=center|Wang Chien-shien (王建煊)
| 1 June 1990 || 23 October 1992 ||
| Kuomintang
| Hau Pei-tsun
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" | 19
| align=center|Bai Pei-ying <!-- CHECK ROMANIZATION! --> (白培英)
| 23 October 1992 || 27 February 1993 ||
| Kuomintang
| Hau Pei-tsun
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:black;" | 20
| align=center|Lin Chen-kuo (林振國)
| 27 February 1993 || 10 June 1996 ||
|
| Lien Chan
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" | 21
| align=center|Paul Chiu (邱正雄)
| 10 June 1996 || 20 May 2000 ||
| Kuomintang
| Lien Chan<br />Vincent Siew
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:black;" | 22
| align=center|Shea Jia-dong (許嘉棟)
| 20 May 2000 || 6 October 2000 ||
|
| Tang Fei
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:black;" | 23
| align=center|Yen Ching-chang (顏慶章)
| 6 October 2000 || 1 February 2002 ||
|
| Chang Chun-hsiung I
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:black;" | 24
| align=center|Lee Yung-san (李庸三)
| 1 February 2002 || 2 December 2002 ||
|
| Yu Shyi-kun
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:black;" | 25
| align=center|Lin Chuan (林全)
| 2 December 2002 || 25 January 2006 ||
| Independent
| Yu Shyi-kun<br />Frank Hsieh
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:black;" | 26
| align=center|Joseph Lyu (呂桔誠)
| 25 January 2006 || 4 July 2006 ||
|
| Su Tseng-chang I
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:black;" | 27
| align=center|Ho Chih-chin (何志欽)
| 4 July 2006 || 14 March 2008 ||
|
| Su Tseng-chang I<br />Chang Chun-hsiung II
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:black;" | —
| align=center|Lee Ruey-tsang (李瑞倉)
| 14 March 2008 || 20 May 2008 ||
|
| Chang Chun-hsiung II
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" | 28
| align=center|Lee Sush-der (李述德)
| 20 May 2008 || 6 February 2012 ||
| Kuomintang
| Liu Chao-shiuan<br />Wu Den-yih
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" | 29
| align=center|Christina Liu (劉憶如)
| 6 February 2012 || 31 May 2012 ||
| Non-partisan Solidarity Union
| Sean Chen
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" | —
| align=center|Tseng Ming-chung (曾銘宗)
| 31 May 2012 || 4 June 2012 ||
| Kuomintang
| Sean Chen
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" | 30
| align=center|Chang Sheng-ford (張盛和)
| 4 June 2012 || 20 May 2016 ||
| Kuomintang
| Sean Chen<br />Jiang Yi-huah<br />Mao Chi-kuo<br />Chang San-cheng
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:black;" | 31
| align=center|Sheu Yu-jer (許虞哲)
| 20 May 2016 || 15 July 2018 ||
| Independent
| Lin Chuan<br />William Lai
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:black;" | 32
| align=center|Su Jain-rong (蘇建榮)
| 16 July 2018 || 25 December 2022 ||
|
| William Lai<br />Su Tseng-chang II
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:black;" | —
| align=center|Juan Ching-hwa (阮清華)
| 26 December 2022 || 30 January 2023 ||
|
| Su Tseng-chang II
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:black;" | 33
| align=center|Chuang Tsui-yun (莊翠雲)
| 31 January 2023 || Incumbent ||
|
| Chen Chien-jen<br>Cho Jung-tai
|--
|}
Access
The MOF building is accessible from Jingmei Station of the Taipei Metro on the Green Line.
See also
- Economy of Taiwan
- List of banks in Taiwan
Notes and references
- Ministry of Finance, 歷任部長基本資料, retrieved 2005-03-02.