Six more Cabinet members announced, including finance, agriculture ministers

2024-04-23

More officials have been named to the Lai administration’s Cabinet. Premier-designate Cho Jung-tai announced six appointments, including the ministers of finance and agriculture. The lineup is mostly familiar faces. The one newcomer is Chen Shu-tzu, who will head the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics. Chen had served in the Tainan City government when Lai Ching-te was mayor. She is credited with reducing Tainan’s expenses and expanding its financial resources.

More appointments have been unveiled for Cho Jung-tai’s Cabinet. They’re mostly familiar faces, with the exception of Chen Shu-tzu, who will head the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics. When Lai Ching-te served as Tainan mayor, Chen headed the city’s Research, Development and Evaluation Commission. She turned Tainan from a debt-wracked city to a model for financial management.

Cho Jung-tai
Premier-designate
She helped reduce Tainan’s debt significantly, and set aside a budget for water management. She excels in both saving funds and expanding financial resources. I’m not exaggerating in the slightest.

Chen Shu-tzu
Statistics minister-designate
Reducing national debt is a must. If we want healthy finances, that’s something we’ll have to do. But at the same time, we have to take into account Taiwan’s economic development.

Remaining in their current posts will be Minister of Finance Chuang Tsui-yun, Overseas Community Affairs Council Minister Hsu Chia-ching, Ocean Affairs Council Minister Kuan Bi-ling and Directorate-General of Personnel Administration Director Su Chun-jung. Meanwhile, acting Minister of Agriculture Chen Junne-jih will formally take up the role. Amid criticism over the low proportion of women in previous appointments, four of the six posts announced on Tuesday went to women.

Cho Jung-tai
Premier-designate
I’m relieved that we are announcing several women today. It’s just how the Cabinet is taking shape. We didn’t deliberately arrange to announce the women Cabinet heads today. We’re just following the order that was established previously.

Twenty-seven days remain until Lai’s inauguration. Ministers without portfolio, and positions related to national security, are expected to be announced later this week.

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賴清德老戰友陳淑姿任主計長卓榮泰:二刀流主計長

2024-04-23

距離賴政府上台不到一個月，準行政院長卓榮泰公布第五波人事，包括財政部長、僑委會委員長、海委會主委、和人事長都留任，主計長則由現任台南市主計處長出任，卓榮泰稱讚她能開源也會節流，是二刀流主計長。

卓內閣第五波人事亮相，台上幾乎都是熟面孔，只有她，主計長陳淑姿。過去準總統賴清德擔任台南市長，她是主計處長，曾助台南從舉債千億，成為財政模範生。

[[準行政院長卓榮泰]]
“能夠幫助台南市大量地減債，同時也為治水預算挪出空間，所以我們稱她是節流跟開源，二刀流的主計長，這是一點都不為過。”

[[準主計長陳淑姿]]
“國家減債是一定的，因為我們為了要健全財政，這是必然，但是我們同時也要兼顧到，整個國家的經濟發展。”

卓內閣這波名單，除了主計長陳淑姿，還有財政部長莊翠雲、僑委會委員長徐佳青、海委會主委管碧玲和人事長蘇俊榮都是現任留任，農業部長則由代理部長陳駿季真除。先前外界批評內閣女性比例偏低，今天公布的名單，六人當中則有四位女性。

[[準行政院長卓榮泰]]
“讓我鬆一口氣，今天我們女性特多，所以我就說這個團隊是整體的，今天也不是特別安排，這幾位女性閣員在今天，那是我們一波一波下來，早就是這樣的順序。”

賴政府上台倒數27天，政務委員、國安相關部會人事預計本週就會揭曉。

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