Yang Chin-long

Yang Chin-long
楊金龍
Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of China
Assumed office
26 February 2018
President Tsai Ing-wen
Deputy Chen Nan-kuang, Yen Tzung-ta
Preceded by Perng Fai-nan
Personal details
Born (1953-06-05) 5 June 1953
Pingtung County, Taiwan
Alma mater National Chengchi University
University of Birmingham

Yang Chin-long (Chinese: 楊金龍; pinyin: Yáng Jīnlóng; born 5 June 1953) is a Taiwanese economist and the current Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of China.

Yang received a masters degree from National Chengchi University and earned a doctoral degree in economics from the University of Birmingham.[1][2] In 1989, Yang began working for the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan).[3] Yang was named deputy governor of Taiwan's central bank in 2008.[1] After Perng Fai-nan announced that he would retire upon the conclusion of his fifth term, Yang, Shea Jia-dong, and Richard Koo were considered candidates to succeed him.[4] On 1 February, Yang was appointed as the new Central Bank governor. [5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 Lin, Judy (23 February 2008). "Central bank plans to shuffle officials". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Hsu, Crystal (28 January 2018). "Deputy said to be next central bank head". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Hinted central bank head gets cross-caucus nod". Taipei Times. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Hsu, Crystal (26 October 2017). "Central bank Governor reaffirms his retirement". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Lin, Miaojung (31 January 2018). "Taiwan Appoints Yang Chin-long as New Central Bank Governor". Bloomberg. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Ko, Chuan; Huang, Frances (1 February 2018). "New Taiwan central bank governor named (update)". Central News Agency. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
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