| Leether Yao Leeh-ter | |
| Native Name Lang: | zh |
| Office1: | Member of the Examination Yuan |
| Term Start1: | 1 September 2020 |
| Appointer1: | Tsai Ing-wen |
| 1Blankname1: | EY President |
| 1Namedata1: | Huang Jong-tsun |
| Office2: | Acting Minister of Education |
| Term Start2: | 26 December 2018 |
| Term End2: | 13 January 2019 |
| Primeminister2: | William Lai |
| Predecessor2: | Yeh Jiunn-rong |
| Successor2: | Pan Wen-chung |
| Term Start3: | 30 May 2018 |
| Term End3: | 15 July 2018 |
| Primeminister3: | William Lai |
| Predecessor3: | Wu Maw-kuen |
| Successor3: | Yeh Jiunn-rong |
| Term Start4: | 15 April 2018 |
| Term End4: | 18 April 2018 |
| Primeminister4: | William Lai |
| Predecessor4: | Pan Wen-chung |
| Successor4: | Wu Maw-kuen |
| Office5: | Political Deputy Minister of Education |
| Minister5: | Wu Maw-kuen Yeh Jiunn-rong |
| Deputy5: | Lin Teng-chiao (administrative) |
| Term Start5: | September 2017 |
| Term End5: | 13 January 2019 |
| Birth Date: | 1962 9, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Nationality: | Taiwanese |
| Party: | Independent |
| Education: | National Taipei University of Technology (BS) Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS) University of Wisconsin–Madison (PhD) |
Leether Yao Leeh-ter is a Taiwanese engineer and politician. He was appointed political deputy minister of Education in September 2017 and resigned the position in January 2019.[1] [2]
Yao obtained his diploma in electrical engineering from National Taipei Institute of Technology in 1982. He then moved to the United States and obtained master's degree in electrical engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology in 1987 and doctoral degree in electrical and computer engineering from University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1992.