Chen Mei-ling

For the singer and actress, see Fang Wen-lin. For the American poet, see Marilyn Chin.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.

Chen Mei-ling
陳美伶
Minister of National Development Council of the Republic of China
In office 8 September 2017 – 19 May 2020
Deputy	Chiou Jiunn-rong, Tseng Shu-cheng, Kao Shien-quey
Preceded by	Chen Tain-jy
Succeeded by	Kung Ming-hsin
Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan
In office 20 May 2016 – 7 September 2017
Premier	Lin Chuan
Deputy	Ho Pei-shan, Shih Keh-her, Sung Yu-hsieh
Preceded by	Chien Tai-lang
Succeeded by	Cho Jung-tai
Deputy Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan
In office 2006–2008
Secretary-General	Liu Yuh-san Chen Chin-jun
Personal details
Born	1958 (age 67–68)
Education	National Chengchi University (LLB, PhD) National Taiwan University (LLM)

Chen Mei-ling (Chinese: 陳美伶; pinyin: Chén Měilíng; born 1958) is a Taiwanese legal scholar. She was the Minister of National Development Council in 2017–2020 and the Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan in 2016-2017.

Education

Chen graduated from National Chengchi University with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) in 1980 and earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from National Taiwan University in 1984. She then returned to National Chengchi University and earned her Ph.D. in law in 1995. Her doctoral dissertation, completed under professor Dai Dong-xiong, was titled, "Legislative norms for artificial reproduction" (Chinese: 人工生殖之立法規范).

Political career

Chen was deputy secretary general of the Executive Yuan from 2006 to 2008. She returned to the cabinet in 2016 as secretary-general under premier Lin Chuan. Chen became minister of the National Development Council in September 2017, and was later awarded an Order of Brilliant Star. She resigned from the National Development Council on 14 May 2020.