Yang Ming-jou

Yang Ming-jou
楊明州
Official portrait, 2023
Chairman of the Taiwan Sugar Corporation
In office
20 April 2023  28 October 2024
PresidentChen Li-jen
Preceded byChen Jau-ih
Succeeded byLiu Chi-hsiao (acting)
Acting Mayor of Kaohsiung
In office
13 June 2020  24 August 2020
DeputyWang Shih-fang
Preceded byHan Kuo-yu
Succeeded byChen Chi-mai
Secretary-General of Kaohsiung City Government
In office
24 August 2020  15 January 2022
MayorChen Chi-mai
Preceded byChen Hung-ih
Succeeded byKuo Tien-kuei
In office
25 December 2018  9 September 2019
MayorHan Kuo-yu
Preceded byChen Hung-ih
Succeeded byChen Hung-ih
In office
19 November 2015  15 February 2018
MayorChen Chu
Succeeded byChen Hung-ih
Deputy Mayor of Kaohsiung
In office
26 February 2018  25 December 2018
MayorChen Chu
Hsu Li-ming
Preceded byHsu Ming-chun
Succeeded byLee Shu-chuan
Personal details
Born (1956-10-13) 13 October 1956
Changhua County, Taiwan
NationalityTaiwan
Political partyIndependent
EducationNational Cheng Kung University (BS, MS)

Yang Ming-jou (Chinese: 楊明州; born 13 October 1956) is a Taiwanese independent politician who has been the chairman of Taiwan Sugar Corporation since 2023. He had previously served many roles in the Kaohsiung City Government from 1984 to 2022. He was appointed by the Executive Yuan as the acting mayor of Kaohsiung after the dismissal of the city government cabinet of Han Kuo-yu in the 2020 Kaohsiung mayoral recall vote.