Rai Hau-min (; born 2 January 1939) in Tō'oku Village,
Shinchiku Prefecture
was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during the Japanese era. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Hsinchu City, Hsinchu County, Taoyuan City, and Miaoli County.
Population
1941 ( Showa 16) census
*Total population: 838,011
** ...
,
Japanese Taiwan
The island of Taiwan, together with the Penghu Islands, became a dependency of Japan in 1895, when the Qing dynasty ceded Fujian-Taiwan Province in the Treaty of Shimonoseki after the Japanese victory in the First Sino-Japanese War. The shor ...
, was the President of the
Judicial Yuan of the
Republic of China from 2010 to 2016. An attorney by profession, Rai founded the Formosa Transnational Attorney at Law () in 1974, and served as the Chairperson of the
Central Election Commission of the Republic of China from 4 November 2009 to 12 October 2010 before his appointment as President of the Judicial Yuan.
Education
Rai obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in law from
National Taiwan University
National Taiwan University (NTU; ) is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan.
The university was founded in 1928 during Japanese rule as the seventh of the Imperial Universities. It was named Taihoku Imperial University and served d ...
and
University of Tokyo
, abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project b ...
in
Japan, respectively.
Honors
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Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun
The is a Japanese order, established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji. The Order was the first national decoration awarded by the Japanese government, created on 10 April 1875 by decree of the Council of State. The badge features rays of sunlight f ...
, 2017
See also
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Politics of Taiwan
The Republic of China (Chinese: 中華民國政治, Pinyin: ''Zhōnghuá Mínguó de zhèngzhì'') (commonly known as Taiwan) is governed in a framework of a representative democratic republic under a Five-Power system envisioned by Sun ...
References
External links
The Honorable Chief Justice & President of Judicial Yuan
1939 births
Living people
National Taiwan University alumni
Taiwanese Presidents of the Judicial Yuan
Taiwanese politicians of Hakka descent
Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Miaoli County
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