Tien Chiu-chin

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.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tien.
Tien Chiu-chin

MLY
田秋堇
Tien in September 2013
Deputy Minister of the Overseas Community Affairs Council of the Republic of China
In office
20 May 2016 – June 2018
MinisterWu Hsin-hsing
ViceRoy Leu
Succeeded byKao Chien-chih
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2005 – 31 January 2016
ConstituencyRepublic of China
Personal details
Born27 May 1954 (1954-05-27) (age 66)
Taipei, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
Alma materNational Taiwan University

Early life

Tien obtained her master's degree in philosophy from National Taiwan University.[1]

Political career

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]

References
  1. "Deputy Minister Chiu-Chin Tien". Overseas Community Affairs Council, Republic of China (Taiwan). 20 May 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  2. "Tien Chiu-chin (6)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  3. "Tien Chiu-chin (7)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  4. "Tien Chiu-chin (8)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  5. Lin, Sean (9 October 2016). "Ministry aims to boost international student numbers". Taipei Times. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  6. Hsu, Stacy (3 March 2017). "Presidential Office defends nominations". Taipei Times. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  7. Lin, Sean (12 January 2018). "DPP's Control Yuan nominations contested at hearing". Taipei Times. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  8. Lin, Sean (13 January 2018). "Control Yuan nominees for its abolition". Taipei Times. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  9. Lin, Sean (17 January 2020). "Control Yuan: DPP's Control Yuan nominees approved". Taipei Times. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  10. Ko, Chuan; Yeh, Su-ping; Kao, Evelyn (22 June 2020). "Chen Chu nominated to head Control Yuan, 26 other nominees unveiled". Central News Agency. Retrieved 22 June 2020.


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