TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Chairman of the Hakka Affairs Council, Li Yong-de (李永得), has been tapped to become the next Minister of Culture in Taiwan.  

The former Minister of Culture, Cheng Li-chiun (鄭麗君), has officially tendered her resignation Thursday (May 14) along with the rest of Premier Su Tseng-chang's (蘇貞昌) Cabinet. In a Thursday Facebook post, Cheng said she was stepping down in order to spend more time with her family.  

Staff from Su's office told Liberty Times that Li Yong-de had been selected to become the next culture minister. 

Li was vice-mayor of Kaohsiung for six and a half years and also has experience working in the newsroom, according to a CNA report. He has spent much of his career helping to promote Hakka culture.