Li Meng-yen | |
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李孟諺 | |
 Official portrait, 2017 | |
| 29thMinister of Transportation and Communication | |
| In office 20 May 2024 – 19 August 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Cho Jung-tai |
| Preceded by | Wang Kwo-tsai |
| Succeeded by | Chen Yen-po (acting) |
| 38th Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan | |
| In office 14 January 2019 – 20 May 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Su Tseng-chang Chen Chien-jen |
| Deputy | Ho Pei-shan Sung Yu-hsieh |
| Preceded by | Ho Pei-shan (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Kung Ming-hsin |
| ActingSpokesperson of the Executive Yuan | |
| In office 6 November 2020 – 17 February 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Su Tseng-chang |
| Preceded by | Ting Yi-ming |
| Succeeded by | Lo Ping-cheng |
| Acting Mayor of Tainan | |
| In office 8 September 2017 – 25 December 2018 | |
| Preceded by | William Lai |
| Succeeded by | Huang Wei-che |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1966-12-12)12 December 1966 (age 58) Changhua County,Taiwan |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse | Wu Mei-xiu |
| Education | National Chung Hsing University (BS) UNESCO-IHE (MSc) |
Li Meng-yen (Chinese:李孟諺;pinyin:Lǐ Mèngyàn; born 12 December 1966) is a Taiwanese politician and engineer. He has served as theminister of Transportation and Communications from May to August 2024 andsecretary-general of the Executive Yuan from January 2019 to May 2024.[1] In an acting capacity, he wasmayor of Tainan from September 2017 to December 2018 andExecutive Yuan spokesperson from November 2020 to February 2021.[2][3]
Li graduated with his bachelor's degree inenvironmental engineering fromNational Chung Hsing University and earned aMaster of Science (M.Sc.) inhydrology and engineering from theIHE Delft Institute for Water Education in theNetherlands.[4]
Li had been the assistant engineer and branch head of Housing and Urban Development Bureau ofTaiwan Provincial Government. At theTaipei County Government, he had been the section chief and technical specialist of Public Works Bureau and acting and vice director-general of Water Resource Bureau and secretary. At thePublic Construction Commission, he was the vice director of Department of Construction Management. At theTaipei City Government, he was the director of Sewerage Systems Office of Public Works Department.[5]
In theTainan City Government, he was the director-general of Water Resource Bureau and secretary-general. Li was appointed actingTainan Mayor on 7 September 2017 asWilliam Lai was namedpremier bypresidentTsai Ing-wen.[6] Speaking at a summit held atNational Cheng Kung University in June 2018, Li said that his city government aimed to declare English as the second official language of Tainan, starting by having bilingual signs on information at major public places.[7]
He took office as secretary-general of the Executive Yuan on 14 January 2019, with the secondSu Tseng-chang cabinet.[8][9] Li was named the spokesman of the Executive Yuan on an interim basis on 15 November 2020, following the resignation of Ting Yi-ming from the position.[10][11] Li was namedMinister of Transportation and Communications in theCho Jung-tai-led Executive Yuan on 12 April 2024.[12] Li resigned from theCho cabinet on 19 August 2024, after posts toPTT indicated that he had been in an extramarital affair for ten years.[13][14]
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| Preceded by | Mayor of Tainan Acting 2017–2018 | Succeeded by |