Tien Chiu-chin (; 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

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. Tien was nominated a member of the Control Yuan in 2018.

Early life

Tien obtained her master's degree in philosophy from

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Political career

Tien won three straight elections on the Democratic Progressive Party party-list proportional representation ticket in 2004,

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, and

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. She was named deputy minister of the

in 2016, and nominated by the

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presidential administration to the

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in March 2017. During her legislative confirmation hearing in January 2018, she expressed conditional agreement to the abolition of the Control Yuan. Tien's nomination, alongside ten others, was approved by the Legislative Yuan, as the Democratic Progressive Party held a majority. Tien was renominated to the Control Yuan in June 2020.

References

Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan Living people 1954 births Members of the 6th Legislative Yuan Members of the 7th Legislative Yuan Members of the 8th Legislative Yuan Party List Members of the Legislative Yuan National Taiwan University alumni Taiwanese Members of the Control Yuan Women government ministers of Taiwan Government ministers of Taiwan {{Taiwan-DPP-politician-stub