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Liao Liou-yi

廖了以　/　りょう・りょうい

Politician from Taiwan

October 29, 1947 (age 78)　・　Taichung, Taiwan

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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.

Overview

Liao Liou-yi (Chinese: 廖了以; pinyin: Liào Liǎoyǐ; born 29 October 1947) is a Taiwanese politician. He served as secretary-general of the Presidential Office, interior minister and secretary-general of the Kuomintang. He was a president of Association of East Asian Relations from February 2012 to 2013. He signed a fishing rights accord for waters near Senkaku Islands on behalf of Taiwan in April 2013.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: politician

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Feng Chia University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BB%96%E4%BA%86%E4%BB%A5

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