Chung Wan-mei

Chung Wan-mei
鍾萬梅
Minister of Hakka Affairs Council of the Republic of China
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2016
Preceded by	Liu Ching-chung
Political Deputy Minister of Hakka Affairs Council of the Republic of China
In office 30 July 2014 – 31 January 2016
Minister	Liu Ching-chung
Preceded by	Liu Ching-chung
Administrative Deputy Minister of Hakka Affairs Council of the Republic of China
In office 1 January 2012 – 29 July 2014
Minister	Huang Yu-cheng Liu Ching-chung (acting)
Administrative Deputy Minister of Council for Hakka Affairs of the Republic of China
In office 2008 – 31 December 2011
Minister	Huang Yu-cheng
Personal details
Born	1949 (age 66–67) Miaoli County, Taiwan
Nationality	Republic of China
Alma mater	National Taiwan Normal University

Chung Wan-mei (Chinese: 鍾萬梅; pinyin: Zhōng Wànméi) is a Taiwanese politician. He currently serves as the Minister of the Hakka Affairs Council since 1 February 2016.^[1][2]

Early life

Chung is a Hakka born in Miaoli County. He obtained his bachelor's degree from the Department of Educational Psychology and Counselling of National Taiwan Normal University.

Political career

Chung became the Department Director of Council for Hakka Affairs (CHA) in 2001-2008. In 2008, he became the Administrative Deputy Minister of CHA. He continued to serve the council during the renaming to Hakka Affairs Council (HAC) on 1 January 2012 until 29 July 2014. On 30 July 2014 he became the Political Deputy Minister of HAC and became the Minister on 1 February 2016.^[3]

References

1. "Hakka community split over National Hakka Day". Taipei Times. 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
2. "Liu Ching-chung named Hakka affairs minister, Chung Wan-mei deputy minister(行政院全球資訊網 - PDA(英文版)-Press Releases)". ey.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
3. "Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)".