Yeh Jiunn-rong

Yeh Jiunn-rong is a Taiwanese legal scholar and academic who served as Minister of Education in 2018 and previously as Minister of the Interior from 2016 to 2018. He is a chair professor of law at National Taiwan University.

Education

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

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. He was also a visiting lecturer to the Law School of Zhejiang University in 2011–2012.

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. He was named Minister of Education in July 2018. Yeh resigned as education minister on 25 December 2018, a day after announcing that the ministry confirmed Kuan Chung-ming's selection as president of National Taiwan University, outstanding since January 2018.