{{Short description|Mayor of Tainan from 2017 to 2018}} {{family name hatnote|Li|lang=Chinese}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Li Meng-yen | native_name = {{nobold|李孟諺}} | native_name_lang = zh-tw | image = 李孟諺之肖像.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2017 | office1 = 29th Minister of Transportation and Communication | term_start1 = 20 May 2024 | term_end1 = 19 August 2024 | prime_minister1 = Cho Jung-tai | deputy1 = | predecessor1 = Wang Kwo-tsai | successor1 = Chen Yen-po (acting) | order2 = 38th | office2 = Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan | prime_minister2 = Su Tseng-chang<br>Chen Chien-jen | deputy2 = Ho Pei-shan<br>Sung Yu-hsieh | term_start2 = 14 January 2019 | term_end2 = 20 May 2024 | predecessor2 = Ho Pei-shan (acting) | successor2 = Kung Ming-hsin | office3 = Acting Spokesperson of the Executive Yuan | prime_minister3 = Su Tseng-chang | term_start3 = 6 November 2020 | term_end3 = 17 February 2021 | predecessor3 = {{ill|Ting Yi-ming|zh|丁怡銘}} | successor3 = {{ill|Lo Ping-cheng|zh|羅秉成}} | office4 = Mayor of Tainan | order4 = Acting | term_start4 = 8 September 2017 | term_end4 = 25 December 2018 | predecessor4 = William Lai | successor4 = Huang Wei-che | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|12|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Changhua County, Taiwan | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Wu Mei-xiu | party = Independent | education = National Chung Hsing University (BS)<br>IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (MSc) | signature = | website = }}

'''Li Meng-yen''' ({{lang-zh|c=李孟諺|p=Lǐ Mèngyàn}}; born 12 December 1966) is a Taiwanese politician and engineer. He has served as the minister of Transportation and Communications from May to August 2024 and secretary-general of the Executive Yuan from January 2019 to May 2024.<ref>{{cite news |author1=嚴思祺 |title=蘇貞昌可望搭陳其邁掌政院 秘書長李孟諺 |url=https://www.cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/201901115002.aspx |access-date=10 July 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=11 January 2019 |location=Taiwan |language=zh}}</ref> In an acting capacity, he was mayor of Tainan from September 2017 to December 2018 and Executive Yuan spokesperson from November 2020 to February 2021.<ref>{{cite news |author1=張榮祥 |author2=王淑芬 |title=賴清德宣布 李孟諺代理台南市長[影] |url=https://www.cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/201709060050.aspx |access-date=10 July 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=6 September 2017 |location=Taiwan |language=zh}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=劉婉君 |title=代理市長最後一天挨告 李孟諺強調依法辦理 |url=https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/2651594 |access-date=10 July 2022 |work=Liberty Times |date=24 December 2018 |location=Taiwan |language=zh}}</ref>

==Education== Li graduated with his bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from National Chung Hsing University and earned a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in hydrology and engineering from the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tainan.gov.tw/tainanE/page.asp?nsub=C0A000|date=8 September 2017|title=Acting Mayor Li Men-yen, Tainan City, Taiwan|website=Tainan City Government|accessdate=25 September 2017}}</ref>

==Political career== Li had been the assistant engineer and branch head of Housing and Urban Development Bureau of Taiwan Provincial Government. At the Taipei County Government, he had been the section chief and technical specialist of Public Works Bureau and acting and vice director-general of Water Resource Bureau and secretary. At the Public Construction Commission, he was the vice director of Department of Construction Management. At the Taipei City Government, he was the director of Sewerage Systems Office of Public Works Department.<ref>{{cite web |title=秘書長、發言人 行政院李孟諺秘書長 |url=https://www.ey.gov.tw/Page/BC5E0442EE7AD954/dcda43b3-67cd-4522-8616-88efd02aec78 |website=行政院 |access-date=10 July 2022 |location=Taiwan |language=zh}}</ref>

===Tainan City Government=== In the Tainan City Government, he was the director-general of Water Resource Bureau and secretary-general. Li was appointed acting Tainan Mayor on 7 September 2017 as William Lai was named premier by president Tsai Ing-wen.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2017/09/07/2003677966|date=7 September 2017|title=William Lai bids farewell, thanks Tainan residents|work=Taipei Times|accessdate=7 September 2017}}</ref> Speaking at a summit held at National Cheng Kung University in June 2018, Li said that his city government aimed to declare English as the second official language of Tainan, starting by having bilingual signs on information at major public places.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aedu/201806070021.aspx|date=7 June 2018|title=Islam Campus Summit held at National Cheng Kung University|agency=Central News Agency|accessdate=7 June 2018}}</ref>

===Executive Yuan=== He took office as secretary-general of the Executive Yuan on 14 January 2019, with the second Su Tseng-chang cabinet.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Yu-fu |last2=Hetherington |first2=William |title=Cabinet announces ministers, ideology |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2019/01/14/2003707899 |accessdate=13 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=14 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Yu |first1=Matt |last2=Hsu |first2=Phoenix |last3=Cheng |first3=Sabine |last4=Wen |first4=Kuei-hsiang |last5=Yeh |first5=Su-ping |last6=Yen |first6=William |title=Cheng Li-chiun to remain minister of culture: Executive Yuan |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201901130012.aspx |accessdate=13 January 2019 |publisher=Central News Agency |date=13 January 2019}}</ref> Li was named the spokesman of the Executive Yuan on an interim basis on 15 November 2020, following the resignation of {{ill|Ting Yi-ming|zh|丁怡銘}} from the position.<ref>{{cite news |title=EY spokesman steps down after beef noodle gaffe |url=https://taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2020/11/17/2003747056 |accessdate=16 November 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=17 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Yu |first1=Hsiang |last2=Ko |first2=Lin |title=Cabinet spokesman resigns over erroneous ractopamine comments |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202011160007 |accessdate=16 November 2020 |agency=Central News Agency |date=16 November 2020}}</ref> Li was named Minister of Transportation and Communications in the Cho Jung-tai-led Executive Yuan on 12 April 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Teng |first1=Pei-ju |title=Premier-designate Cho announces new interior, transportation ministers |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202404120002 |access-date=12 April 2024 |agency=Central News Agency |date=12 April 2024}}</ref> Li resigned from the Cho cabinet on 19 August 2024, after posts to PTT indicated that he had been in an extramarital affair for ten years.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shan |first1=Shelley |title=Transport minister resigns over extramarital affair |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2024/08/20/2003822489 |access-date=20 August 2024 |work=Taipei Times |date=20 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=James |last2=Yu |first2=Hsiao-han |title=Transportation minister resigns after extra-marital affair revealed |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202408190010 |access-date=20 August 2024 |date=19 August 2024}}</ref>

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