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Frank Hsieh
Frank Hsieh Chang-ting (; born May 18, 1946) is a Taiwanese politician and former defense attorney who served as Ambassador of Taiwan to Japan from 2016 to 2024. A cofounder of the Democratic Progressive Party, he has served on the Taipei City Council, the Legislative Yuan, as the mayor of Kaohsiung City, and as the Premier of Taiwan (President of the Executive Yuan) under president Chen Shui-bian. Hsieh was the DPP nominee in the 2008 presidential election and was defeated by Ma Ying-jeou. Early life and education Born in Dadaocheng, Taipei, in 1946, Hsieh was a gymnast in high school and worked as a food vendor before college. He received a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from National Taiwan University. Hsieh then obtained a master's degree and later completed doctoral coursework ( all but dissertation) in jurisprudence at the Graduate School of Law of Kyoto University in Japan. He was a practicing attorney from 1969 to 1981, serving as a defense attorney in the marti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xie (surname)
Xie (; ) is a Chinese-language surname. lt is usually romanized as "Hsieh" in Taiwan. It is estimated that there are more than ten million people with this surname, most of whom live in Taiwan, Southern China, South East Asia, America, Europe and Africa. It is particularly common in Taiwan where it is the 13th most common surname in 2016. It is also very common in the east Asian diaspora which historically tended to have disproportionately emigrated out of southern China. A 2013 study found that Xie was the 23rd most common surname in China, with 0.79% of the population having this surname.Tanghe County and Taikang County of Henan Province: the origin of surname Xie , en.hnta.cn. In 2019 it was again the 23rd most common surname in mainland China. Most Xi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wu Nai-ren
Wu Nai-ren (; born 18 December 1947) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the former Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party. When Cho Jung-tai declared his intention to run for the party chairmanship in December 2018, Wu withdrew from the party to protest Cho's candidacy. Education Wu graduated from Tunghai University with a bachelor's degree in economics and did graduate studies in economics at National Chengchi University. He earned a Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) from the Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma .... References Living people 1947 births National Taiwan Ocean University alumni Democratic Progressive Party (Taiwan) politicians Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhongshan District, Taipei
Zhongshan District () is an administrative district of Taipei, Taipei City. Economy In the 1970s, the district was recognized as the center of the city's tourist industry, with large hotels and international restaurants. The interest from tourists allowed the district to develop as a center of international business. In recent decades, the district's economy and its population have both contracted, due in part to the decentralisation of industrial and manufacturing activities. Parts of Taipei's "financial core" (that once centred on the Zhongshan District) have been moved to other districts.''Globalizing Taipei: The Political Economy Of Spatial Development'' by R. Yin-wang Kwok (Routledge, 2005) Between 1991 and 1996, the district lost 2,600 jobs while the rest of Taipei expe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei
, nickname = The City of Azaleas , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Taiwan#Asia#Pacific Ocean#Earth , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Taiwan , established_title = Settled , established_date = 1709 , established_title1 = Renamed Taihoku , established_date1 = 17 April 1895 , established_title2 = Provincial city (Taiwan), Provincial city status , established_date2 = 25 October 1945 , established_title3 = Retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan, Provisional national capital , established_date3 = 7 December 1949 , established_title4 = Reconstituted as a Yuan-controlled municipality , established_date4 = 1 July 1967 , capital_type = City seat , capital = Xinyi District, Taipei, Xinyi District , largest_settlement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei City Council
Taipei City Council () is the city council of Taipei, Taiwan. One of the largest Administrative divisions of Taiwan, local councils in Taiwan, the city council is currently composed of 61 councillors, all elected most recently in the 2022 Taiwanese local elections. Composition The Kuomintang, gaining 2 seat after the 2022 Taiwanese local elections, maintained its status as the largest party in the city council, but falling short of an Majority, overall majority. The Democratic Progressive Party, although still being the largest opposition party in the council, gain 2 seats in the election. New Party (Taiwan), New Party and People First Party (Taiwan), People First Party, members of the conventional Pan-Blue Coalition, pan-Blue coalition, won 2 seats each. Smaller parties, including New Power Party, Social Democratic Party (Taiwan), Social Democratic Party and Can't Stop This Party, won 3 seats in total. All standing as an independent, 7 candidates were elected to the city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei 1st District
Taipei City Constituency I () includes all of Beitou and part of Shilin in northern Taipei. The constituency is currently represented by Rosalia Wu of the Democratic Progressive Party. The constituency was originally one of two multi-member constituencies in Taipei from 1989 to 2008, and acquired its present boundaries in 2008, when all constituencies of the Legislative Yuan were reorganized to become single-member constituencies. Current boundaries * Beitou * Shilin: 2 sub-districts ** Tianmu: 8 urban villages *** Sanyu, Tianmu, Tianfu, Tianlu, Tianshou, Tianhe, Tianshan, Tianyu ** Lanya: 5 urban villages *** Dexing, Dehua, Zhongcheng, Lanya, Lanxing Historical boundaries 1989-2008 Songshan District, Xinyi District, Neihu District, Nangang District, Shilin District, Beitou District Beitou District is the northernmost of the twelve districts of Taipei City, Taiwan. The historical spelling of the district is Peitou. The name originates from the Ketagalan word ''Kip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei 2nd District
Taipei City Constituency II () includes all of Datong and most of Shilin in northern Taipei. The district acquired its present boundaries since 2008, when all local constituencies of the Legislative Yuan were reorganized to become single-member districts. Current district * Datong Datong is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi Province, China. It is located in the Datong Basin at an elevation of and borders Inner Mongolia to the north and west and Hebei to the east. As of the 2020 census, it had a population o ... * Shilin: 5 sub-districts ** Shizi: 10 urban villages *** Fushun, Fuguang, Hulu, Hudong, Shezi, Shexin, Sheyuan, Yonglun, Fu'an, Fuzhou ** Hougang: 7 urban villages *** Hougang, Fuzhong, Giangang, Bailing, Chengde, Fuhua, Mingsheng ** Jieshang: 7 urban villages *** Renyong, Yixin, Fude, Fulin, Fuzhi, Jiujia, Fujia ** Zhishanyan: 4 urban villages *** Yanshan, Mingshan, Shengshan, Zhishan ** Yangmingshan: 10 urban villages *** Dangshan, Yangfu, Gangguan, X ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of The Legislative Yuan
The Legislative Yuan () is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for four-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel voting system. Originally located in Nanjing, the Legislative Yuan, along with the National Assembly (electoral college) and the Control Yuan (upper house), formed the tricameral parliament under the original 1947 Constitution. The Legislative Yuan previously had 760 members representing constituencies in all of China (includes provinces, municipalities, Tibet Area, and various professions in Mainland China). Until democratization, the Republic of China was an authoritarian state under the ''Dang Guo'' system. At the time, the Legislative Yuan functioned as a rubber stamp for the ruling regime of the Kuomintang. Like parliaments or congresses of other countries, the Legislative Yuan is responsible for the passage of legislation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Chi-mai
Chen Chi-mai (; born December 23, 1964), also known as Comay Chen, is a Taiwanese politician and physician and the current mayor of Kaohsiung since August 24, 2020. He has served as spokesperson of the Democratic Progressive Party and the chief executive officer of its Policy Research and Coordinating Committee. A physician from Keelung, Chen started his political career by becoming member of the Legislative Yuan in 1996 and served as legislator for almost eight years before becoming the spokesperson of the Executive Yuan. In 2005, Chen succeeded to the mayoralty of Kaohsiung after Frank Hsieh's appointment as premier. Chen became the deputy secretary-general of the Presidential Office in 2007 and served until the inauguration of President Ma Ying-jeou. Following his December 2018 loss in the Kaohsiung mayoral election, Chen was appointed Vice Premier of the Republic of China by President Tsai Ing-wen. Chen yielded the vice premiership to Shen Jong-chin in June 2020, and wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wu Den-yih
Wu Den-yih ( Chinese: 吳敦義, born 30 January 1948) is a Taiwanese politician. He graduated from National Taiwan University and worked as a journalist before beginning a career in politics with a 1973 appointment to the Taipei City Council. Wu was then elected Magistrate of Nantou County, serving from 1981 to 1989. Following two terms as magistrate, he was named Mayor of Kaohsiung in 1990. Wu remained mayor until 1998, having won the office in a 1994 direct election. He then served two full terms in the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2008. Shortly after winning a third term in the legislature, Wu was named Premier of the Republic of China in 2009. He served until 2012, when he and Ma Ying-jeou formed the Kuomintang (KMT) presidential ticket. Wu served as the tenth vice president of the Republic of China, stepping down in 2016. In May 2017, he was elected party chairman. Wu stepped down from the position in January 2020. Previously, Wu had served the KMT as secretary-genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Su Tseng-chang
Su Tseng-chang ( zh, t=蘇貞昌, poj=So͘ Cheng-chhiong, p=Sū Zhēnchāng; born 28 July 1948) is a Taiwanese politician who served as premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2019 to 2023. He was the chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party in 2005 and from 2012 to 2014. Su served as Chief of Staff to President Chen Shui-bian in 2004.About Executive Yuan: Premier , '', Republic of China (Taiwan)'', Updated 2006-02-24 He is currently the longest-serving Democratic Progressive premier in history. Su actively campaigned for the DPP presidential nomination in 2008, but finished second to [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wu Rong-i
Wu Rong-i (; born 15 December 1939) is a Taiwanese economist and politician who served as the Vice Premier of Taiwan from 2005 to 2006. He also served as Chairman of Taiwania Capital Management Corporation, the investment arm of Taiwan. Education In 1962 and 1965, Wu received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in economics from the National Taiwan University. Subsequently, in 1967 he went to the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium where he obtained an M.Sc. degree in 1968 and a Ph.D. in 1971, both in economics. Work From 1992 to 1993, Wu served as Commissioner and Member of the Fair Trade Commission. He became Director and President of the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research from 1993 until 2005, and from 2005 onwards he was Deputy Prime Minister (Vice Premier of the Executive Yuan) of Taiwan. From 2001 to 2005, Wu was President and Chairman of Taiwan Stock Exchange. He has also served as Chairman of Taiwan Brain Trust and Taiwan Futures Exchange, and as Advisor to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
