Liao Liou-yi (; born 29 October 1947) is a Taiwanese politician. He served as secretary-general of the Presidential Office,

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and secretary-general of the

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. He was a president of Association of East Asian Relations from February 2012 to 2013. He signed a fishing rights accord for waters near

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on behalf of Taiwan in April 2013. He tendered his resignation as head of the Association of East Asian Relations in May 2013.

Personal life

He was born to a Japanese mother and a Taiwanese father in 1947. He graduated from the Department of Statistics of

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. He is a father of three daughters.

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Ministers of the interior of Taiwan Taiwanese politicians of Japanese descent Living people 1956 births People First Party (Taiwan) politicians Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from New Taipei Academic staff of the National Taiwan University Taiwanese educators {{Taiwan-KMT-politician-stub