Yang Ming-jou

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.

Yang Ming-jou
楊明州
Official portrait, 2023
Chairman of the Taiwan Sugar Corporation
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 April 2023
President	Chen Li-jen
Preceded by	Chen Jau-ih
Acting Mayor of Kaohsiung
In office 13 June 2020 – 24 August 2020
Deputy	Wang Shih-fang
Preceded by	Han Kuo-yu
Succeeded by	Chen Chi-mai
Secretary-General of Kaohsiung City Government
In office 24 August 2020 – 15 January 2022
Mayor	Chen Chi-mai
Preceded by	Chen Hung-ih
Succeeded by	Kuo Tien-kuei
In office 25 December 2018 – 9 September 2019
Mayor	Han Kuo-yu
Preceded by	Chen Hung-ih
Succeeded by	Chen Hung-ih
In office 19 November 2015 – 15 February 2018
Mayor	Chen Chu
Succeeded by	Chen Hung-ih
Deputy Mayor of Kaohsiung
In office 26 February 2018 – 25 December 2018
Mayor	Chen Chu Hsu Li-ming
Preceded by	Hsu Ming-chun
Succeeded by	Lee Shu-chuan
Personal details
Born	(1956-10-13) 13 October 1956 Changhua County, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwan
Political party	Independent

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.