Paul Chiu

Paul Chiu Chang-hsiung (Chinese: 邱正雄; pinyin: Qiū Zhèngxióng; born 19 February 1942) is a Taiwanese politician and financier.

He was the first appointed vice premier of Executive Yuan in the presidency of Ma Ying-jeou.

[1] Before his vice premiership, he was the minister of Finance, during the previous govern of Kuomintang, from 1996 to 2000.

Paul Chiu first entered cabinet as minister of Finance in 1996 under the government of Lee Teng-hui.

Chiu and Premier Liu Chao-shiuan resigned on 10 September 2009 due to the slow disaster response by the government to Typhoon Morakot which struck Taiwan in August 2009.

Chiu in 2009, during vice premiership.