Ye Yuan-chih

Yeh Yuan-chih (; born December 28, 1974) is a Taiwanese politician and educator who has served as a member of the Legislative Yuan since 2024. He was previously a member of New Taipei City Council and has been a lecturer at the Taipei National University of the Arts.

Yeh was previously the spokesperson for Han Kuo-yu's campaign office and is a close associate of former Kuomintang chair Eric Chu.

Early life and education Yeh was born in Taipei, Taiwan, on December 28, 1974. His mother was a close friend of Hsu Li-nung.

Yeh graduated from National Taiwan University with two bachelor's degrees in literature and political science, respectively. He then earned a master's degree in behavioural sciences from the university in 2004. His master's thesis was titled, "A study of press releases of Taiwan's presidential candidates" (Chinese: 臺灣總統大選候選人新聞發布之研究).

Later, Yeh completed a second master's degree in the United States at the University of Southern California, where he received a Master of Arts (M.A.) in communications and management. In 2022, he earned his Ph.D. in education from National Taiwan Normal University. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "A study of active aging programs for senior citizens and college students" (社區高齡者與大學生參與活躍老化方案之研究).

Early career Yeh has served as a part-time lecturer of journalism at Hsuan Chuang University, director of the integrated marketing and communication department of the China Digital Times, and a consultant at Oti Communications, a magazine business based in Birmingham, Alabama. He also has served as the press liaison for the 2004 Lien-Song National Campaign Headquarters, the press liaison for the 2000 Song-Song-Zhang Taipei Campaign Headquarters, a New York reporter for Ming Pao, and a public relations specialist for China Global Television Network (CGTN).

Electoral history