Yu Kuo-hwa

俞國華

Premier of the Republic of ChinaIn office
20 May 1984 – 21 May 1989PresidentChiang Ching-kuo
Lee Teng-huiVice PremierLin Yang-kang
Lien ChanPreceded bySun Yun-suanSucceeded byLee HuanGovernor of the Central Bank of the Republic of ChinaIn office
25 June 1969 – 30 May 1984Preceded byHsu Po-yuanSucceeded byChang Chi-cheng Personal detailsBorn10 January 1914
Ningbo, Zhejiang, Republic of ChinaDied4 October 2000 (aged 86)
Taipei, TaiwanPolitical partyKuomintangAlma materHarvard University
London School of Economics

Yu Kuo-hwa

Traditional Chinese

俞國華

Simplified Chinese

俞国华

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yú Guóhuá

Yu Kuo-hwa (Chinese: 俞國華) (January 10, 1914 – October 4, 2000) was the Premier of the Republic of China from 1984 to 1989.

Biography

He was born on 10 January 1914 in Fenghua, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. He studied for degrees at Harvard University and the London School of Economics.

He was appointed as Minister of Finance on 29 November 1967 and became Governor of the Central Bank of China in 1969.

As Premier, Yu was responsible for ending Taiwan's 38 years of martial law in 1987.^[1]^[2] In October 1988, he walked out of a meeting of the Legislative Yuan, the first time a government official had done so, as extensive debate made it impossible for Yu to deliver his reports.^[3] He died from complications from leukemia at 4pm on 4 October 2000 at the Veterans' General Hospital in Taipei.^[4]

Yu was preceded by Sun Yun-suan and succeeded by Lee Huan.

References

^ "Taiwan Cabinet Offers a Bill To End 38-Year Martial Law". New York Times. Associated Press. 4 July 1987. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
^ Doerner, William R. (25 January 1988). "Taiwan The End of a Dynasty". Time. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
^ "Premier Takes Historic Walk". Taiwan Today. 3 November 1988. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
^ "Former premier Yu Kuo-hwa passes away in Taipei". Taipei Times. 5 October 2000. Retrieved 22 November 2016.

Government offices
Preceded by Chen Ching-yu	ROC Finance Minister 1967–1969	Succeeded by Kwoh-Ting Li
Preceded by Sun Yun-suan	Premier of the Republic of China 1984–1989	Succeeded by Lee Huan