Kung Ming-hsin

Kung Ming-hsin is a Taiwanese economist and politician who has served as the Minister of Economic Affairs since 2025. He previously served in other cabinet positions, including Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan and minister of the National Development Council.

Education

Kung graduated from Fu Jen Catholic University with a bachelor's degree in statistics in 1986. He then earned a master's degree in economics from National Taiwan University in 1989 and his Ph.D. in economics from National Chung Hsing University in 1997. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "The Study of Growth Sources and Quality Increase of Taiwan's Manufacturing Industry".

Political career

Kung was the vice president of the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research while working with Tsai Ing-wen's incoming presidential administration. He was appointed in April 2016 to the Lin Chuan-led Executive Yuan as the deputy minister of National Development Council. Kung was named Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs on 8 September 2017. He served in that role through December 2018, after which he was appointed a minister without portfolio in charge of economic affairs.