Yang Chin-long

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Yang Chin-long
楊金龍
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17th Governor of the Central Bank
Assumed office
26 February 2018
PresidentTsai Ing-wen
DeputyChen Nan-kuang
Yen Tzung-ta
Preceded byPerng Fai-nan
Personal details
Born (1953-06-05) 5 June 1953 (age 72)
PartyIndependent
EducationNational Chengchi University (BA, MA)
University of Birmingham (PhD)

Yang Chin-long (Chinese: 楊金龍; pinyin: Yáng Jīnlóng; born 5 June 1953) is a Taiwanese economist who has served as the governor of the Central Bank of Taiwan since 2018.

Early life and education

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Yang was born and raised in Pingtung County to family of poor farmers. As a child, he was a pitcher for a local Little League Baseball chapter. He chose to complete compulsatory military service in the Republic of China Marine Corps.[1]

After high school, Yang graduated from National Chengchi University with a bachelor's degree in banking in 1976 and a master's degree in international trade in 1980. He then won a scholarship provided by the Ministry of Education to complete doctoral studies in England, where he earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Birmingham in 1989.[2][3]

Career

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After receiving his doctorate, Yang began working for the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan).[4] Yang was named deputy governor of Taiwan's central bank in 2008.[2] After Perng Fai-nan announced that he would retire upon the conclusion of his fifth term, Yang, Shea Jia-dong, and Richard Koo were considered candidates to succeed him.[5] On 1 February, Yang was appointed as the new Central Bank governor.[6][7]

Yang was listed in the Central Banker Report Card 2019, a list of the top central bankers compiled by Global Finance. In his first appearance on the list, he was given an A-grade.[8]

References

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