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Yeh Chin-fong

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Yeh Chin-fong
葉金鳳
Minister of Justice of the Republic of China
In office
1 February 1999 – 20 May 2000
DeputyTseng Yung-fu
Preceded byCheng Chung-mo
Succeeded byChen Ding-nan
Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of China
In office
15 May 1997 – 5 February 1998
Preceded byLin Fong-cheng
Succeeded byHuang Chu-wen
Personal details
Born22 June 1943 (1943-06-22) (age 81)
Taichū, Taiwan, Empire of Japan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyKuomintang
Alma materNational Taipei University

Yeh Chin-fong (Chinese: 葉金鳳; pinyin: Yè Jīnfèng; born 22 June 1943) is a Taiwanese politician. She was the Minister of Justice from 1999 to 2000.[1]

Minister of Justice

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1999 judicial person of the year

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In January 2000, Yeh was chosen as the Judicial Person of the Year for 1999.[2]

2001 Changhua County magistrate election

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On 1 December 2001, Yeh joined the Changhua County magistrate election from Kuomintang. However, she lost to Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Wong Chin-chu.[3]

2001 Changhua County Magistrate Election Result
No. Party Candidate Votes Percentage
1 PFP Cheng Hsiu-chu (鄭秀珠) 39,056 6.37%
2 KMT Yeh Chin-fong 257,504 41.99%
3 DPP Wong Chin-chu 301,584 49.17%
4 Independent Hong Can-min (洪參民) 8,219 1.34%
5 Independent Chen Wan-zhen (陳婉貞) 6,934 1.13%

References

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  1. ^ "Moving to the Hot Seat". CNN. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  2. ^ "Justice minister gets 'top\' spot in rankings - Taipei Times". 12 January 2000.
  3. ^ "Women must break political ceiling - Taipei Times". 15 November 2001.