{{Short description|Taiwanese politician (born 1955)}} {{family name hatnote|Liu|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Liu Yee-ru | native_name = {{nobold|劉憶如}} | image = Minister Liu.JPG | caption = Liu in 2010 | order1 = | office1 = Minister of Finance | deputy1 = | term_start1 = 6 February 2012 | term_end1 = 30 May 2012 | predecessor1 = Lee Sush-der | successor1 = Chang Sheng-ford | order2 = | office2 = Minister of Council for Economic Planning and Development | deputy2 = | term_start2 = 20 May 2010 | term_end2 = 6 February 2012 | predecessor2 = Tsai Hsun-hsiung | successor2 = Yiin Chii-ming | office3 = Member of the Legislative Yuan | term_start3 = 1 February 2002 | term_end3 = 20 November 2007 | successor3 = Luo Shu-lei | constituency3 = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|4|7|df=y}} | birth_place = Taipei, Taiwan | party = Non-Partisan Solidarity Union {{small|(since 2007)}}<br />People First Party {{small|(until 2007)}} | spouse = | children = | signature = | parents = Shirley Kuo (mother) | native_name_lang = zh-hant | education = National Taiwan University (BA)<br>University of Chicago (MBA, PhD) }}
'''Liu Yee-ru''' ({{lang-zh|c=劉憶如|p=Liú Yìrú}}; born 7 April 1955), also known by her English name '''Christina Liu''', is a Taiwanese economist and politician. She was first elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2001, and served until 2007. Subsequently, Liu led the Council for Economic Planning and Development from 2010 to 2012, when she was named finance minister. Liu left the finance ministry later that year and was appointed to the Hong Kong Economic Development Commission in 2013.
==Early life and education== Liu was born in Taipei on April 7, 1955. Her father, Liu Qingrui, was a professor of political science at National Taiwan University. Her mother, Shirley Kuo, was an economist in the Ministry of Finance. She has two sisters: Eileen and Sharon.<ref name=":0" />
After graduating from Taipei First Girls' High School, Liu studied political science at National Taiwan University and obtained a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in 1977. She then completed advanced studies in the United States, where she earned a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) in 1980 and her Ph.D. in economics in 1986, both from the University of Chicago.<ref>{{cite news |title=Who's Who in the ROC |url=http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/Upload/WebArchive/4695/Who's%20Who%20in%20the%20ROC.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020105104/http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/Upload/WebArchive/4695/Who%27s%20Who%20in%20the%20ROC.pdf |archivedate=20 October 2016 |accessdate=5 May 2016 |pages= |agency=Executive Yuan}}</ref><ref>[http://www.econ.uiuc.edu/~roger/research/citations/phuds/1987.pdf UIUC]</ref> Her doctoral dissertation, completed under Israeli economist Jacob A. Frenkel, was titled, "Effects of Monetary and Real Shocks on Exchange Rate Dynamics".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=1986 |title=Effects of Monetary and Real Shocks on Exchange Rate Dynamics |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/e8f526a39a5a325adf65942efb73b5b1/1?cbl=18750&diss=y&pq-origsite=gscholar |access-date=9 October 2025 |publisher=Proquest |type=PhD Thesis}}</ref>
==Political career== Liu served in the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2007 as a member of the People First Party.<ref>{{cite news|title=PFP Legislator Switches Sides|url=http://englishnews.ftv.com.tw/read.aspx?sno=113D375C9BCAAA8F65158F8CED1A3A40|accessdate=28 June 2016|publisher=Formosa TV|date=21 November 2007}}</ref> She resigned her legislative seat in November 2007 to run for reelection as a member of the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union, and lost.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wu|first1=Amber|title=Registration for legislative race ends|url=https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=10,23,45,10&post=14654|accessdate=28 June 2016|work=Taiwan Today/Taiwan Info|date=29 November 2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915144008/http://taiwantoday.tw/fp.asp?xItem=24961&CtNode=450|archivedate=15 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Wang|first1=Flora|title=KMT to boycott referendums|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2008/01/01/2003395123/2|accessdate=28 June 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=1 January 2008}}</ref> Liu then became the chief economic adviser to Chinatrust Financial Holding until she was named the minister of the Council for Economic Planning and Development in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shih|first1=Hsiu-chuan|title=Chinatrust adviser says she will be new head of CEPD|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/05/16/2003473112|accessdate=28 June 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=16 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Christina Liu confirms appointment to CEPD|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2010/05/16/256695/Christina-Liu.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100518120200/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2010/05/16/256695/Christina-Liu.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 18, 2010|accessdate=28 June 2016|work=China Post|date=16 May 2010}}</ref> Liu led the CEPD until 2012, when she was appointed the Minister of Finance.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chan|first1=Rachel|title=Taiwan announces new Cabinet lineup|url=http://taiwantoday.tw/fp.asp?xItem=185392&CtNode=419|accessdate=29 June 2016|work=Taiwan Today|date=31 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Facing up to fresh challenges|url=http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=185593&ctNode=425|accessdate=29 June 2016|work=Taiwan Today|date=5 February 2012}}</ref> In April 2012,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hsu|first1=Jenny W.|last2=Liu|first2=Fanny|last3=Luk|first3=Lorraine|title=Taiwan Finance Minister Quits in Tax Dispute|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303807404577433562666964018|work=Wall Street Journal}}</ref> Liu pushed for a capital gains tax against the wishes of the Kuomintang legislative majority.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wu|first1=Sara|last2=Huang|first2=David|title=Sticking Up for Tax Fairness|url=http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13617|accessdate=4 February 2016|work=CommonWealth Magazine|date=31 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Lin|first1=Adela|last2=Culpan|first2=Tim|title=Taiwan Finance Minister Quits Over Tax Plan in Blow to Ma|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-05-29/taiwan-finance-minister-resigns-over-capital-gains-tax-dispute|accessdate=28 June 2016|work=Bloomberg|date=29 May 2012}}</ref> She submitted her resignation on 29 May, and it was approved the next day.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shih|first1=Hsiu-chuan|last2=Su|first2=Amy|last3=Wang|first3=Chris|title=Liu offers to resign over tax uproar|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2012/05/30/2003534062|accessdate=28 June 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=30 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Shih|first1=Hsiu-chuan|title=Premier makes U-turn, accepts Liu resignation|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2012/05/31/2003534140|accessdate=28 June 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=31 May 2012}}</ref> In 2013, Liu was appointed to the Hong Kong Economic Development Commission.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cheung|first1=Stanley|last2=Low|first2=Y. F.|title=Ex-finance minister appointed to Hong Kong economic body|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201301180009.aspx|agency=Central News Agency|date=18 January 2013}}</ref>
==Personal life== Liu was married twice. She divorced Johnsee Lee in 1995.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Soong|first1=Grace|title=Christina Liu refutes DPP claim of securing job for ex-spouse|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2011/12/30/327417/Christina-Liu.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805212023/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2011/12/30/327417/Christina-Liu.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 5, 2016|accessdate=28 June 2016|work=China Post|date=30 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Lin|first1=Enru|title=Christina Liu asks DPP not to shift focus|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2011/12/29/327345/Christina-Liu.htm|accessdate=28 June 2016|work=China Post|date=29 December 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805173323/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2011/12/29/327345/Christina-Liu.htm|archivedate=5 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her second marriage, to Simon Dzeng, ended in 2010 when both filed for divorce.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Yang|first1=Ted|title=The rise of new CEPD head Christina Liu|url=http://taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2010/06/07/2003474879|accessdate=28 June 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=7 June 2010}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|30em}} *{{cite news|last1=Chang|first1=Hsiang-Yi|title=Straight Talk on Tax Code Reform|url=http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13807|accessdate=4 February 2016|work=CommonWealth Magazine|date=20 September 2012}}
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