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Yu Kuo-hwa
(
Chinese
:
?國華
) (January 10, 1914 ? October 4, 2000) was the
Premier of the Republic of China
from 1984 to 1989.
Biography
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He was born on 10 January 1914 in
Fenghua
,
Ningbo
,
Zhejiang
,
China
. He studied for degrees at
Harvard University
and the
London School of Economics
.
He was appointed as
Minister of Finance
on 29 November 1967 and became Governor of the
Central Bank of China
in 1969.
As Premier, Yu was responsible for ending Taiwan's 38 years of
martial law
in 1987.
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In October 1988, he walked out of a meeting of the
Legislative Yuan
, the first time a government official had done so, as extensive debate made it impossible for Yu to deliver his reports.
[3]
He died from complications from leukemia at 4pm on 4 October 2000 at the Veterans' General Hospital in
Taipei
.
[4]
Yu was preceded by
Sun Yun-suan
and succeeded by
Lee Huan
.
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