- Yu Kuo-hwa
Yu Kuo-hwa (Chinese: 俞國華;
Pinyin : Yú Guóhuá; 1914-2000) was the Premier ofTaiwan from 1984 to 1989.Biography
He was born on 10 January 1914 in
Fenghua city inZhejiang Province in mainland China. He studied for degrees atHarvard University and theLondon School of Economics .He was appointed as Minister of Finance on 29 November 1967 and became Governor of the Central Bank in 1969.
As Premier, Yu was responsible for ending Taiwan's 38 years of martial law in 1987. He died from complications from leukemia at 4pm on 4 October 2000 at the Veterans' General Hospital in
Taipei .Yu was preceded by
Sun Yun-suan and succeeded byLee Huan .References
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966539,00.html?iid=chix-sphere Time Magazine]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE1D9113CF937A35754C0A961948260 New York Times]
* [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2000/10/05/56076 Taipei Times]
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