Yeh Jiunn-rong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yeh.

Yeh Jiunn-rong (Chinese: 葉俊榮; pinyin: Yè Jùnróng; born October 1958) is a Taiwanese legal scholar and academic.

Yeh Jiunn-rong
葉俊榮
Official portrait, 2016
29th Minister of Education
In office 16 July 2018 – 25 December 2018
Prime Minister	William Lai
Deputy	Yao Leeh-ter Lin Teng-chiao
Preceded by	Yao Leeh-ter (acting)
Succeeded by	Yao Leeh-ter (acting)
31st Minister of the Interior
In office 20 May 2016 – 15 July 2018
Prime Minister	Lin Chuan William Lai
Deputy	Lin Tzu-ling Chiu Chang-yueh[1]
Preceded by	Chen Wei-zen
Succeeded by	Hsu Kuo-yung
12th Minister of Research, Development and Evaluation Commission
In office June 2004 – April 2006
Prime Minister	Yu Shyi-kun Frank Hsieh Su Tseng-chang
Deputy	Jay N. Shih
Preceded by	Lin Chia-cheng
Succeeded by	Jay N. Shih
Minister without Portfolio
In office 1 May 2002 – 19 May 2004
Prime Minister	Yu Shyi-kun
Personal details
Born	October 1958 (1958-10) (age 66) Wanhua District, Taipei City, Taiwan
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Education	National Taiwan University (LLB, LLM) Yale University (LLM, JSD)

Education

Yeh graduated from National Taiwan University with his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and master's degree in law in 1981 and 1985, respectively.^[2] He then was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to complete advanced studies in the United States at Yale University,^[3] where he earned a second Master of Laws (LL.M.) in 1986 and his Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D.) in 1988 from Yale Law School.^[2] His doctoral dissertation was titled, "The Second Generation of Environmental Regulation: The Economic Incentive Approach".^[4]

Early career

Yeh was an associate professor on the Faculty of Law of NTU from 1988 to 1993 and served as professor from 1993 onward. He was also a visiting professor and scholar at Columbia University, Duke University, Hong Kong University and University of Toronto during 1995–2000.^[5] He was also a visiting lecturer to the Law School of Zhejiang University in 2011–2012.^[6]

Political career

Yeh led the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission from 2004 to 2006. He returned to public service in 2016, taking office as Minister of the Interior on 20 May.^[7][8] He was named Minister of Education in July 2018.^[9] Yeh resigned as education minister on 25 December 2018,^[10] a day after announcing that the ministry confirmed Kuan Chung-ming's selection as president of National Taiwan University,^[11] outstanding since January 2018.^[12]