Sheu Jer Yu

Place: Taipei

Born: 1952

Death: 2020

Biography:

Sheu Jer Yu (Chinese: 許虞哲; pinyin: Xǔ Yúzhé; 27 October 1952 – 15 February 2020) was a Taiwanese politician and artist. He was the Minister of Finance since 20 May 2016 until 16 July 2018. He was born in Taipei, Taiwan. Sheu received his bachelor's degree in finance and taxation from National Chengchi University, where he was a classmate of Lin Chuan, and his master's degree in law from Harvard University in the United States. He served within the Ministry of Finance as director-general of the Taxation Agency. By 2013, he was deputy finance minister under Chang Sheng-ford. Sheu was appointed finance minister by Premier Lin Chuan on 15 April 2016. He was replaced by Su Jain-rong in July 2018. Sheu then led the Taiwan Futures Exchange. He died on 15 February 2020, aged 67.