YU YOUREN (1879-1964)

Zhao Juyu (1913-1981), sobriquet Mengwan, was a native of Hunan, and studied at Shanghai Fudan University. He attended the Guo Min Revolutionary Army after graduation. After the end of the Sino-Japanese war, he took up the post of Hangzhou branch manager for the Central Trust of China. Settling in Taiwan in 1949, Zhao entered the finance industry before taking up a post at the Veterans Affairs Commission. During his time he oversaw the establishment of Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and became minister before he retired.