Francis Liang

Liang received his M.B.A. from the University of Miami and his bachelor's degree in law from the National Taiwan University. He also undertook postgraduate studies in law at the National Taiwan University.[1]

Before holding the ministerial post in the MOEA, Liang has held several positions, such as Chief of Staff in the Vice Presidential Office, Head of economic division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States and Deputy Director of Bureau of Foreign Trade of the MOEA.

Since joining the government in 1978, Liang has held several key domestic and overseas positions in which he applied his expertise in international economic law and trade negotiations to promote Taiwan's economic development and expand the overseas markets for Taiwan's export sectors.

In February 2014, Liang tendered his resignation from the Ministry citing health reasons. He was later appointed as an adviser to the Executive Yuan. In August that year, Liang was appointed the chairman of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council.[3]

Since then, Liang has led a team of over 1,200 trained specialists across its Taipei headquarter, 4 domestic branch offices and 60 overseas branch offices worldwide, organizing more than 300 overseas trade promotion events and 40 international trade shows each year.

Since December 2016, Liang served as the head of the Taipei Representative Office in Singapore to promote bilateral relations between Taiwan and Singapore.