Yu Kuo-hwa

Yu Kuo-hwa

Yu Kuo-hwa (Chinese: 俞國華; Pinyin: Yú Guóhuá; 1914-2000) was the Premier of Taiwan from 1984 to 1989.

Biography

He was born on 10 January 1914 in Fenghua city in Zhejiang Province in mainland China. He studied for degrees at Harvard University and the London 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 by Lee 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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