Tseng Ming-chung

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tseng.

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.

Tseng Ming-chung MLY
曾銘宗
Official portrait, 2016
Minority Leader of the Legislative Yuan
In office 10 February 2022 – 31 January 2024
Speaker	Yu Shyi-kun
Secretary General	See list Wan Mei-ling Lee De-wei Hsieh Yi-fong
Preceded by	Alex Fai
Succeeded by	Ker Chien-ming
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 2016 – 31 January 2024
Constituency	Party-list
Acting Secretary-General of the Kuomintang
In office 15 January 2020 – 18 March 2020
Chairman	Lin Rong-te (acting) Johnny Chiang
Preceded by	Tseng Yung-chuan
Succeeded by	Lee Chien-lung
7th Chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission
In office 1 August 2013 – 31 January 2016
Prime Minister	Jiang Yi-huah Mao Chi-kuo
Deputy	Wang Li-ling, Huang Tien-mu
Preceded by	Chen Yuh-chang
Succeeded by	Wang Li-ling
Political Deputy Minister of Finance
In office 2012 – July 2013
Minister	Chang Sheng-ford
Succeeded by	Wu Tang-chieh
Administrative Deputy Minister of Finance
In office 2008–2012
Minister	Lee Sush-der Christina Liu
Personal details
Born	22 January 1959 (1959-01-22) (age 66)[1] Xikou, Chiayi, Taiwan
Political party	Kuomintang (since 2016)
Education	National Chung Hsing University (BA, MPP) National Taipei University (PhD)

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]