President-elect Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) is to hold a news conference today to announce her pick for the next premier, with former minister of finance Lin Chuan (林全) expected to take up the position, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) sources said.
The sources said that Lin, an independent, would be at the news conference, during which he would be introduced to the public as the premier of Tsai’s government.
However, the full Cabinet lineup will not be announced at today’s event, even if it has been decided, the sources said.
After his appointment is announced, Lin is to begin naming the members of his Cabinet and start the handover process, they added.
Tsai is to be sworn in on May 20, ushering in the second DPP administration in the nation’s history.
Local media have reported Tsai’s possible official appointments, including former DPP secretary-general Lin Hsi-yao (林錫耀) as vice premier. Lin now serves as a coconvener of Tsai’s transition team that is to handle the transfer of power from President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) administration.
Other reported appointments include DPP Secretary-General Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) to the position of National Security Council secretary-general; DPP Deputy Secretary-General Jason Liu (劉建忻) as deputy secretary-general of the Presidential Office; and former DPP polling center director Chen Chun-lin (陳俊麟) as deputy secretary-general of the National Security Council.
The reports also said that Chiu Tai-san (邱太三), former Mainland Affairs Council deputy minister during the previous DPP administration, would be named minister of justice, and former Pingtung County commissioner Tsao Chi-hung (曹啟鴻) would be appointed as head of the Council of Agriculture.
Chang Ching-sen (張景森), former vice chairman of the Council for Economic Planning and Development, and Lin Wan-i (林萬億), a sociology professor at National Taiwan University, are to be named ministers without portfolio, the reports said.
Chiu and Lin have confirmed their new position to the media.
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