Yao Leeh-ter

Leether Yao Leeh-ter
姚立德
Official portrait, 2020
Member of the Examination Yuan
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 September 2020
Appointed by	Tsai Ing-wen
EY President	Huang Jong-tsun
Acting Minister of Education
In office 26 December 2018 – 13 January 2019
Prime Minister	William Lai
Preceded by	Yeh Jiunn-rong
Succeeded by	Pan Wen-chung
In office 30 May 2018 – 15 July 2018
Prime Minister	William Lai
Preceded by	Wu Maw-kuen
Succeeded by	Yeh Jiunn-rong
In office 15 April 2018 – 18 April 2018
Prime Minister	William Lai
Preceded by	Pan Wen-chung
Succeeded by	Wu Maw-kuen
Political Deputy Minister of Education
In office September 2017 – 13 January 2019
Minister	Wu Maw-kuen Yeh Jiunn-rong
Deputy	Lin Teng-chiao (administrative)
Personal details
Born	(1962-09-04) 4 September 1962 (age 61) Taipei, Taiwan
Political party	Independent
Education	Doctor of Philosophy
Alma mater	National Taipei Institute of Technology Missouri University of Science and Technology University of Wisconsin–Madison

Leether Yao Leeh-ter (Chinese: 姚立德; pinyin: Yáo Lìdé) is a Taiwanese engineer and politician. He was appointed political deputy minister of Education in September 2017 and resigned the position in January 2019.^[1][2]

Education

Yao obtained his diploma in electrical engineering from National Taipei Institute of Technology in 1982. He then moved to the United States and obtained master's degree in electrical engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology in 1987 and doctoral degree in electrical and computer engineering from University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1992.

See also

• Education in Taiwan

References

Provisional Government in Nanjing
(1912)Beiyang government
(1912-1928)National Government in Guangzhou
(1926)National Government in Wuhan
(1927)Nanjing Nationalist government
(1927-1949)Government of the Republic of China
(1949-present)