HARMONY: A number of officials who would reportedly be replaced were not part of the reorganization, which the Cabinet spokesman attributed to good teamwork
Taipei Times
Date: Feb 24, 2018
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) administration yesterday announced a reshuffle of its
A combination of file photographs shows, from left, Presidential Office Secretary-General Joseph Wu, National Security Council Secretary-General Yan Te-fa and National Taiwan University professor Chen Min-tong. Wu is to become minister of foreign affairs and Yan is to become minister of national defense, while Chen has been named Mainland Affairs Council minister. Photos: Taipei Times and CNA
top national security, foreign affairs and cross-strait officials.
Presidential Office Secretary-General Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) is to replace Minister of Foreign Affairs David Lee (李大維), who is to fill a vacancy left by National Security Council Secretary-General Yan Te-fa (嚴德發) after Yan becomes the minister of national defense.
Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Minister Katharine Chang (張小月) is to be replaced by Chen Min-tong (陳明通), a professor at National Taiwan University’s Graduate Institute of National Development who headed the council from 2007 to 2008.
Due to health issues, Minister of Labor Lin Mei-chu (林美珠) is to leave her post and be succeeded by Kaohsiung Deputy Mayor Hsu Ming-chun (許銘春), while former chief of the general staff Chiu Kuo-cheng (邱國正) is to take over the Veterans Affairs Council after Director Lee Shying-jow (李翔宙) departs. [FULL STORY]
