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Tien Chiu-chin

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Tien.
Tien Chiu-chin
MLY
田秋堇
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 71)
Taipei, Taiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
EducationNational 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.

Education

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Tien graduated from National Taiwan University with a bachelor's degree in philosophy.[1]

Political career

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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

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  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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