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My Take
Liao Liou-yi strikes me as the kind of political figure history tends to undervalue: the organizer, not the showman. From Taichung and Feng Chia University, he rose to secretary-general of the Presidential Office, interior minister, and secretary-general of the Kuomintang, the load-bearing roles that keep an entire apparatus standing. What catches my attention most is his 2013 signing of the fishing-rights accord near the Senkaku Islands on Taiwan's behalf, a quiet but consequential act of diplomacy with Japan. Born in 1947, he watched postwar Taiwan evolve from the inside. I respect operators like him, the ones who build rather than perform.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Liao Liou-yi
- Name (Japanese)
- 廖了以
- Reading
- りょう・りょうい
- Born
- October 29, 1947 (age 78)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Boar
- Origin
- Taichung, Taiwan
- Occupation
- politician
2. Background
- University
- Feng Chia University
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BB%96%E4%BA%86%E4%BB%A5
Frequently asked questions
When was Liao Liou-yi born?
Born October 29, 1947 (age 78).
Where is Liao Liou-yi from?
Liao Liou-yi is from Taichung, Taiwan.
What does Liao Liou-yi do?
Liao Liou-yi works as politician.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.