Chen Mei-ling

For the singer and actress, see Fang Wen-lin. For the American poet, see Marilyn Chin.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.

Chen Mei-ling (traditional Chinese: 陳美伶; simplified Chinese: 陈美伶; pinyin: Chén Měilíng; born 1958) is a Taiwanese legal scholar. She was the Minister of National Development Council in 2017–2020 and the Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan in 2016-2017.

Chen Mei-ling
陳美伶
Minister of National Development Council of the Republic of China
In office 8 September 2017 – 19 May 2020
Deputy	Chiou Jiunn-rong, Tseng Shu-cheng, Kao Shien-quey
Preceded by	Chen Tain-jy
Succeeded by	Kung Ming-hsin
Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan
In office 20 May 2016 – 7 September 2017
Premier	Lin Chuan
Deputy	Ho Pei-shan, Shih Keh-her, Sung Yu-hsieh
Preceded by	Chien Tai-lang
Succeeded by	Cho Jung-tai
Deputy Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan
In office 2006–2008
Secretary-General	Liu Yuh-san Chen Chin-jun
Personal details
Born	1958 (age 66–67)
Nationality	Republic of China
Education	National Chengchi University (LLB, PhD) National Taiwan University (LLM)

Education

Chen graduated from National Chengchi University with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) in 1980 and earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from National Taiwan University in 1984. She then returned to National Chengchi University and earned her Ph.D. in law in 1995.^[1] Her doctoral dissertation, completed under professor Dai Dong-xiong, was titled, "Legislative norms for artificial reproduction" (Chinese: 人工生殖之立法規范).^[2]

Political career

Chen was deputy secretary general of the Executive Yuan from 2006 to 2008. She returned to the cabinet in 2016 as secretary-general under premier Lin Chuan.^[3] Chen became minister of the National Development Council in September 2017,^[4] and was later awarded an Order of Brilliant Star.^[5] She resigned from the National Development Council on 14 May 2020.^[6]