Sheu Yuan-dong

Sheu Yuan-dong
許遠東
Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of China
In office
20 March 1995 – 16 February 1998
Preceded byLiang Kuo-shu
Succeeded byPerng Fai-nan
Personal details
Born(1927-05-22)22 May 1927
Shinchiku, Shinchiku Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan
Died16 February 1998(1998-02-16) (aged 70)
Chiang Kai-Shek Int'l Airport, Taoyuan County (now Taoyuan City), Taiwan
NationalityEmpire of Japan 1927–1945)
Republic of China (1945–1998)
SpouseHuang Mian-mei
ChildrenSheu Chiu-chen

Sheu Yuan-dong (22 May 1927 – 16 February 1998) was a Taiwanese politician who served as the 15th governor of Taiwan's central bank from 1995 until his death in 1998. Born in then-Japanese-occupied Taiwan, Sheu attended Taipei City Success High School and graduated from the Department of Political Science at the National Taiwan University. He held senior positions in Taiwan's financial sector. On 16 February 1998, he was killed in the crash of China Airlines Flight 676 along with his wife, Huang Mian-mei, and three other officials of the central bank.[1]

  1. ^ Gargan, Edward A. (17 February 1998). "Over 200 Die as Taiwan Jet Crashes in Bad Weather". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 October 2018.