Tien Chiu-chin | |
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田秋堇 | |
Deputy Minister of the Overseas Community Affairs Council of the Republic of China | |
In office 20 May 2016 –June 2018 | |
Minister | Wu Hsin-hsing |
Vice | Roy Leu |
Succeeded by | Kao Chien-chih |
Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
In office 1 February 2005 –31 January 2016 | |
Constituency | Republic of China |
Personal details | |
Born | 27 May 1954 70) Taipei,Taiwan | (age
Nationality | Republic of China |
Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
Education | National Taiwan University (BA) |
Tien Chiu-chin (Chinese :田秋堇; pinyin :Tián Qiūjǐn;born 27 May 1954) is a Taiwanese politician. She served in the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2016,and later that year became the deputy minister of the Overseas Community Affairs Council. Tien was nominated a member of the Control Yuan in 2018.
Tien graduated from National Taiwan University with a bachelor's degree in philosophy. [1]
Tien won three straight elections on the Democratic Progressive Party party-list proportional representation ticket in 2004, [2] 2008, [3] and 2012. [4] She was named deputy minister of the Overseas Community Affairs Council in 2016, [5] and nominated by the Tsai Ing-wen presidential administration to the Control Yuan in March 2017. [6] During her legislative confirmation hearing in January 2018, [7] she expressed conditional agreement to the abolition of the Control Yuan. [8] Tien's nomination,alongside ten others,was approved by the Legislative Yuan,as the Democratic Progressive Party held a majority. [9] Tien was renominated to the Control Yuan in June 2020. [10]
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