Christina Liu
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Liu Yee-ru | |
|---|---|
劉憶如 | |
 Liu in 2010 | |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 6 February 2012 – 30 May 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Lee Sush-der |
| Succeeded by | Chang Sheng-ford |
| Minister of Council for Economic Planning and Development | |
| In office 20 May 2010 – 6 February 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Tsai Hsun-hsiung |
| Succeeded by | Yiin Chii-ming |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 1 February 2002 – 20 November 2007 | |
| Succeeded by | Luo Shu-lei |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 April 1955 |
| Party | Non-Partisan Solidarity Union (since 2007) People First Party (until 2007) |
| Parent | Shirley Kuo (mother) |
| Education | National Taiwan University (BA) University of Chicago (MBA, PhD) |
Liu Yee-ru (Chinese: 劉憶如; pinyin: Liú Yìrú; born 7 April 1955), also known by her English name Christina Liu, is a Taiwanese economist and politician. She was first elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2001, and served until 2007. Subsequently, Liu led the Council for Economic Planning and Development from 2010 to 2012, when she was named finance minister. Liu left the finance ministry later that year and was appointed to the Hong Kong Economic Development Commission in 2013.
Liu was born in Taipei on April 7, 1955. Her father, Liu Qingrui, was a professor of political science at National Taiwan University. Her mother, Shirley Kuo, was an economist in the Ministry of Finance. She has two sisters: Eileen and Sharon.[1]
After graduating from Taipei First Girls' High School, Liu studied political science at National Taiwan University and obtained a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in 1977. She then completed advanced studies in the United States, where she earned a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) in 1980 and her Ph.D. in economics in 1986, both from the University of Chicago.[2][3] Her doctoral dissertation, completed under Israeli economist Jacob A. Frenkel, was titled, "Effects of Monetary and Real Shocks on Exchange Rate Dynamics".[1]
