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
Internal structure The internal structure of the agency comprises:https://www.mof.gov.tw/engweb/np.asp?ctNode=673&CtUnit=97&BaseDSD=7 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: 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: Bureau of Finance, Taipei Municipal Government Bureau of Finance, Kaohsiung Municipal Government
Government corporations These state-owned corporations report to the Ministry of Finance:
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
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
№NameTerm of office DaysPolitical partyCabinet 1Wang Yun-wu (王雲五) 1 June 1948 15 November 1948 Independent Weng Wenhao 2Hsu Kan (徐堪) 15 November 1948 30 March 1949 Kuomintang Weng WenhaoSun FoHe Yingqin 3Liu Kung-yun (劉攻芸) 30 March 1949 25 June 1949 Kuomintang He YingqinYan Xishan 4Hsu Kan (徐堪) 25 June 1949 4 October 1949 Kuomintang Yan Xishan 5Kuan Chi-yu (關吉玉) 4 October 1949 16 March 1950 Kuomintang Yan XishanChen Cheng I 6Yen Chia-kan (嚴家淦) 16 March 1950 1 June 1954 Kuomintang Chen Cheng I 7P. Y. Shu (徐柏園) 1 June 1954 26 March 1958 Kuomintang Yu Hung-Chun 8Yen Chia-kan (嚴家淦) 26 March 1958 16 December 1963 Kuomintang Yu Hung-ChunChen Cheng II 9Chen Ching-yu (陳慶瑜) 16 December 1963 4 December 1967 Kuomintang Yen Chia-kan 10Yu Kuo-hwa (俞國華) 4 December 1967 4 July 1969 Kuomintang Yen Chia-kan 11Kwoh-Ting Li (李國鼎) 4 July 1969 11 June 1976 Kuomintang Yen Chia-kanChiang Ching-kuo 12Fei Hua (費驊) 11 June 1976 1 June 1978 Kuomintang Chiang Ching-kuo 13Chang Chi-cheng (張繼正) 1 June 1978 1 December 1981 Kuomintang Sun Yun-suan 14Hsu Li-teh (徐立德) 1 December 1981 1 June 1984 Kuomintang Sun Yun-suan 15Lu Reng-kong (陸潤康) 1 June 1984 29 August 1985 Kuomintang Yu Kuo-hua 16Robert Chien (錢純) 29 August 1985 22 July 1988 Kuomintang Yu Kuo-hua 17Shirley Kuo (郭婉容) 22 July 1988 1 June 1990 Kuomintang Yu Kuo-huaLee Huan 18Wang Chien-shien (王建煊) 1 June 1990 23 October 1992 Kuomintang Hau Pei-tsun 19Bai Pei-ying (白培英) 23 October 1992 27 February 1993 Kuomintang Hau Pei-tsun 20Lin Chen-kuo (林振國) 27 February 1993 10 June 1996 Lien Chan 21Paul Chiu (邱正雄) 10 June 1996 20 May 2000 Kuomintang Lien ChanVincent Siew 22Shea Jia-dong (許嘉棟) 20 May 2000 6 October 2000 Tang Fei 23Yen Ching-chang (顏慶章) 6 October 2000 1 February 2002 Chang Chun-hsiung I 24Lee Yung-san (李庸三) 1 February 2002 2 December 2002 Yu Shyi-kun 25Lin Chuan (林全) 2 December 2002 25 January 2006 Independent Yu Shyi-kunFrank Hsieh 26Joseph Lyu (呂桔誠) 25 January 2006 4 July 2006 Su Tseng-chang I 27Ho Chih-chin (何志欽) 4 July 2006 14 March 2008 Su Tseng-chang IChang Chun-hsiung II —Lee Ruey-tsang (李瑞倉) 14 March 2008 20 May 2008 Chang Chun-hsiung II 28Lee Sush-der (李述德) 20 May 2008 6 February 2012 Kuomintang Liu Chao-shiuanWu Den-yih 29Christina Liu (劉憶如) 6 February 2012 31 May 2012 Non-partisan Solidarity Union Sean Chen —Tseng Ming-chung (曾銘宗) 31 May 2012 4 June 2012 Kuomintang Sean Chen 30Chang Sheng-ford (張盛和) 4 June 2012 20 May 2016 Kuomintang Sean ChenJiang Yi-huahMao Chi-kuoChang San-cheng 31Sheu Yu-jer (許虞哲) 20 May 2016 15 July 2018 Independent Lin ChuanWilliam Lai 32Su Jain-rong (蘇建榮) 16 July 2018 25 December 2022 William LaiSu Tseng-chang II —Juan Ching-hwa (阮清華) 26 December 2022 30 January 2023 Su Tseng-chang II 33Chuang Tsui-yun (莊翠雲) 31 January 2023 Incumbent Chen Chien-jenCho 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.