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Chen Chien-liang (; born November 19, 1963) is a Taiwanese economist. He was the deputy minister of the National Development Council of the
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since 22 January 2014.


Early life and education

Chen was born on November 19, 1963, in
Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and commonly called the "Taiwan Prefecture, ...
. He graduated from
National Chengchi University National Chengchi University () is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. First established in Nanjing in 1927, the university was subsequently reestablished in 1954 in Taiwan as the first reestablished "National University". The u ...
with a bachelor's degree in economics in 1987 and a master's degree in economics in 1989. He then completed doctoral studies in the United States, where he earned a
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(M.A.) in 1995 and his
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in economics from the
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, in 1995 under economics professors
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and Duncan Thomas. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Household consumption and saving behavior: evidence from Taiwanese household surveys".


See also

* National Development Council (Republic of China)


References

Living people Ministers of National Development Council of the Republic of China National Chengchi University alumni University of California, Los Angeles alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{Taiwan-politician-stub