Tseng Ming-chung
Taiwanese politician and banker
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Tseng Ming-chung (Chinese: 曾銘宗; pinyin: Zēng Míngzōng; born 22 January 1959), also known by his English name William Tseng, is a Taiwanese politician and banker. He has served as Deputy Minister of Finance, chaired the Financial Supervisory Commission, and as an elected member of the Legislative Yuan.
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- Wan Mei-ling
Lee De-wei
Hsieh Yi-fong
Education
Tseng graduated from National Chung Hsing University with a bachelor's degree in finance and taxation and earned a Master of Public Policy (M.P.P.) from the university's College of Law and Commerce, writing his master's thesis on "Tax incentives and foreign investment" (Chinese: 租稅獎勵政策與外人投資).[2] He then earned his Ph.D. in business administration from National Taipei University in 2013.[3] His doctoral dissertation was titled, "A study on the relationship between government debt and economic growth in Taiwan" (我國債務水準與經濟成長之關係研究).[4]
Political career
As deputy minister of finance, Tseng commented on the amendment to raise the tax and health and welfare surcharge on tobacco in early May 2013. He stated that the move would result in a loss of NT$610 million in tax revenue but it will bring in an extra NT$25 billion in income used for health and welfare funds.[5]
He was named the Chairperson of the Financial Supervisory Commission of the Executive Yuan on 1 August 2013.[6]
Tseng was elected to the Legislative Yuan through the proportional representation ballot in 2016, as a member of the Kuomintang.[7] Prior to the election, he was an independent.[8]
