Jiang Yi-huah

Jiang Yi-huah
Jiang Yi-huah
江宜樺
	Official portrait, 2014
25th Premier of the Republic of China
	In office; 18 February 2013 – 8 December 2014
President	Ma Ying-jeou
Vice Premier	Mao Chi-kuo
Preceded by	Sean Chen
Succeeded by	Mao Chi-kuo
Vice Premier of the Republic of China
	In office; 6 February 2012 – 18 February 2013
Premier	Sean Chen
Preceded by	Sean Chen
Succeeded by	Mao Chi-kuo
Minister of the Interior
	In office; 10 September 2009 – 6 February 2012
Premier	Wu Den-yih
Preceded by	Liao Liou-yi
Succeeded by	Lee Hong-yuan
Minister of Research, Development and Evaluation
	In office; 20 May 2008 – 10 September 2009
Premier	Liu Chao-shiuan
Deputy	Sung Yu-hsieh; Yeh Kuang-shih
Preceded by	Jay Shih
Succeeded by	Sung Yu-hsieh (Acting)
Personal details
Born	18 November 1960; Nuannuan, Keelung, Taiwan
Political party	Kuomintang
Education	National Taiwan University (BA, MA); Yale University (PhD)
	Scientific career
Fields	Political science
Institutions	National Taiwan University; National Chung Cheng University; Stanford University
Thesis	Thinking without a bannister: An interpretation of Hannah Arendt's aesthetic politics (1993)
Doctoral advisor	Steven Smith; Joseph Hamburger
Other academic advisors	David R. Mayhew

Jiang Yi-huah (Chinese: 江宜樺; pinyin: Jiāng Yíhuà; born 18 November 1960) is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician who served as the Premier of the Republic of China from 2013 to 2014.

After graduating from National Taiwan University, Jiang earned his doctorate from Yale University and became a professor of political science and political philosophy. He served as Minister of the Interior from 2009 to 2012 and Minister of Research, Development and Evaluation Commission of the Executive Yuan from 2008 to 2009. In 2012, he became the Vice Premier of the Republic of China before being appointed as premier under President Ma Ying-jeou.