{{Short description|Vice Premier of the Republic of China since 2024}} {{family name hatnote|Cheng|lang=Chinese}} {{Expand Chinese|topic=bio|鄭麗君|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Cheng Li-chiun | native_name = {{nobold|鄭麗君}} | native_name_lang = zh-tw | image = 鄭麗君副院長.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2024 | office = 40th Vice Premier of the Republic of China | term_start = 20 May 2024 | term_end = | premier = Cho Jung-tai | predecessor1 = Cheng Wen-tsan | office2 = 3rd Minister of Culture | premier2 = Lin Chuan<br>William Lai<br>Su Tseng-chang | deputy2 = {{Collapsible list|title={{nobold|'''Vice'''}}|1={{plain list|George Hsu, {{wrap}}Lee Lien-chuan}}}} {{Collapsible list|title={{nobold|'''Deputy'''}}|1={{plain list|Yang Tzu-pao, {{wrap}}Ting Hsiao-ching<br>{{wrap}}Hsiao Tsung-huang, {{wrap}}Ting Hsiao-ching}}}} | term_start2 = 20 May 2016 | term_end2 = 20 May 2020 | predecessor2 = Hung Meng-chi | successor2 = Lee Yung-te | office3 = Member of the Legislative Yuan | term_start3 = 1 February 2012 | term_end3 = 19 May 2016 | constituency3 = Proportional Representation (25px Democratic Progressive Party) | successor3 = Lee Li-feng | office4 = 14th Minister of the National Youth Commission | term_start4 = 20 May 2004 | term_end4 = 21 February 2008 | premier4 = Yu Shyi-kun<br>Frank Hsieh<br>Su Tseng-chang<br>Chang Chun-hsiung | predecessor4 = Lin Fang-mei | successor4 = Chen Cong-sheng (acting)<br>Lin Tai-hua | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|6|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Taipei, Taiwan | party = 25px Democratic Progressive Party | spouse = | children = | signature = | education = National Taiwan University (BA)<br>Paris Nanterre University (MA, PhD)<br />School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (MSc) }}
'''Cheng Li-chiun''' ({{lang-zh|t=鄭麗君|p=Zhèng Lìjūn}}; born 19 June 1969) is a Taiwanese politician who has served as the vice premier of the Republic of China since 2024. Before her vice premiership, she served as the minister of Culture from 2016 to 2020.
== Early life and education == Cheng was born in Taipei City on June 18, 1969, to a Hoklo Taiwanese family. Her ancestral home is in southeastern Fujian. Her father was a native of Miaoli County, and her mother, Cheng Weng Fu-mei, was a devout Buddhist.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yu |first=Ming-che |date=2023-11-18 |title=With love and gratitude, Cheng Li-wun expresses her thanks and farewell, revealing that her mother passed away peacefully on November 16th |url=https://www.ftvnews.com.tw/news/detail/2023B18W0182 |access-date=2025-12-12 |website= |publisher=FTV News |language=zh-TW}}</ref> Her parents owned an ironworks.<ref name=":0" />
After graduating from Taipei First Girls' High School, Cheng attended National Taiwan University, where she initially began studying civil engineering but switched to philosophy,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bin |first=Jing-sun |date=December 25, 2020 |title=After leaving the Ministry of Culture to return to family life, Cheng Li-chun said: "Being a mother after stepping down as minister has brought me great joy." |url=https://www.cw.com.tw/article/5104616 |access-date=11 December 2025 |website=CommonWealth Magazine |language=zh-TW}}</ref> graduating with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1992.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cheng Li-chun (9) |url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=12164 |access-date=3 June 2022 |agency=Legislative Yuan}}</ref> As an undergraduate, she was the founding president of a glove puppetry troupe from 1988 to 1989.
After graduation, Cheng completed graduate studies in France in multiple fields. She earned a master's degree in political philosophy, economic philosophy, and social philosophy from Paris Nanterre University in 1995, and completed a second master's degree in history and civilization at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. She then returned to Nanterre and earned her Ph.D. in philosophy, politics, economics and sociology in 2000.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cheng Li-chun (8) |url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=12043 |access-date=3 June 2022}}</ref>
== Ministry of Culture == Cheng was appointed the Minister of Culture on 20 May 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/201604120018|title=More Cabinet lineup announced|date=12 April 2016 |agency=Central News Agency}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/04/13/2003643829|title=Additional future Cabinet members announced by DPP|work=Taipei Times|date=13 April 2016 }}</ref> In April 2017, Cheng proposed a five-year infrastructure development program targeting Taiwanese historical sites to the Education and Culture Committee of the Legislative Yuan. The plan set aside NT$5.66 billion for maintenance of historic sites and NT$15.8 billion for digital infrastructure construction.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2017/04/28/2003669565|date=28 April 2017|first1=Sean|last1=Lin|title=Minister proposes historic sites and media projects|publisher=Taipei Times|accessdate=28 April 2017}}</ref> She stepped down from the position on 20 May 2020, and was replaced by Lee Yung-te.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ku |first1=Chuan |last2=Yu |first2=Matt |last3=Yeh |first3=Joseph |title=Minor Cabinet reshuffle announced ahead of Tsai's new term |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202005190012 |accessdate=20 May 2020 |agency=Central News Agency |date=19 May 2020}}</ref>
After leaving her post as culture minister, Cheng worked on a translation of ''The Little Prince'' to Chinese.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chiu |first1=Tsu-yin |last2=Liu |first2=Kay |title=Ex-culture minister, French senator discuss power of children's literature |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202206030016 |access-date=3 June 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=3 June 2022 |quote=Cheng, meanwhile, said that her recent translation of "Le Petit Prince," by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, into a new Chinese version and an audio book had led her to reflect on whether people can reconnect with their innocence, in a world full of confusion.}}</ref> She served in leadership roles for a number of nonprofit organizations, including the {{ill|General Association of Chinese Culture|zh|中華文化總會}}.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yeh |first1=Joseph |last2=Teng |first2=Pei-ju |title=President-elect Lai appoints ex-DPP chair Cho Jung-tai as premier (update) |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202404100006 |access-date=10 April 2024 |agency=Central News Agency |date=10 April 2024}}</ref>
During her political career, Cheng and fellow legislators Hsiao Bi-khim and Chiu Yi-ying gained the nickname "the S.H.E of the DPP."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Su |first1=Fang-ho |last2=Chuang |first2=Meng-hsuan |last3=Lin |first3=Liang-sheng |date=2 February 2016 |title=New lawmakers walk red carpet for new session |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/02/02/2003638648 |access-date=2 February 2016 |work=Taipei Times}}</ref>
== Vice premiership == On 10 April 2024, president-elect Lai Ching-te designated Cheng as the vice premier of Taiwan.<ref>{{cite news |title=Premier Chen welcomes new Cabinet appointments under President-elect Lai |url=https://en.rti.org.tw/news/view/id/2010977 |access-date=10 April 2024 |publisher=Radio Taiwan International |date=9 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Everington |first1=Keoni |title=Taiwan President-elect Lai names top Cabinet picks |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/5182249 |access-date=10 April 2024 |work=Taiwan News |date=10 April 2024}}</ref>
== Personal life == Cheng's husband, Shen Hsueh-jung, is a technology businessman.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Li |first=Ying-hsuan |date=2020-06-19 |title=Cheng Li-Chun speaks publicly for the first time about how she met her super-rich husband |url=https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20200619005232-260404?chdtv |access-date=2025-12-12 |website=China Times |language=zh-TW}}</ref>
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