Tien Chiu-chin
Taiwanese politician
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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 Chiu-chin | |
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| 田秋堇 | |
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| Member of the Control Yuan | |
| Assumed office 24 January 2018 | |
| 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 (age 71) |
| Party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Education | National Taiwan University (BA) |
Education and early career
Tien graduated from National Taiwan University with a bachelor's degree in philosophy.[1] She was close to Lin Yi-hsiung, and worked as his secretary.[2]
Political career
Tien won three straight elections on the Democratic Progressive Party party-list proportional representation ticket in 2004,[3] 2008,[4] and 2012.[5] She was named deputy minister of the Overseas Community Affairs Council in 2016,[6] and nominated by the Tsai Ing-wen presidential administration to the Control Yuan in March 2017.[7] During her legislative confirmation hearing in January 2018,[8] she expressed conditional agreement to the abolition of the Control Yuan.[9] Tien's nomination, alongside ten others, was approved by the Legislative Yuan, as the Democratic Progressive Party held a majority.[10] Tien was renominated to the Control Yuan in June 2020.[11]
