Shirley Kuo

Kuo Wang-jung, also known by her English name Shirley Kuo, is a Taiwanese economist.

Education

After graduating from National Tainan Girls' [Senior High School], Kuo studied economics as an undergraduate at National Taiwan University and received her bachelor's degree in 1952. She then went to the United States and earned a Master of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1960. In 1984, she completed doctoral studies in Japan, earning her Ph.D. in economics from Kobe University.

Career

Upon her appointment to the Ministry of Finance, Kuo became the first female cabinet minister in the history of the Republic of China. She led the ministry from 1988 to 1990, before being named the head minister of the Council for [Economic Planning and Development], a position she held until 1993.
She was married to Ni Wen-ya until his death in 2006. A daughter from her first marriage, Christina Liu, was finance minister in 2012. Peng Ming-min is her first cousin.