Tibusungu 'e Vayayana () is a Taiwanese Tsou geographer and politician. He has served as the Deputy Minister of the

Council of Indigenous Peoples The Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP; ), formerly known as the Council of Aboriginal Affairs, is a ministry-level body under the Executive Yuan in Taiwan (Republic of China). It was established to serve the needs of the country's indigenous ...

(CIP) since 20 May 2016.

Education

Vayayana obtained his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in geography from

National Taiwan Normal University National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) is a National university, national comprehensive university in Taipei and New Taipei City, Taiwan. The university enrolls approximately 17,000 students each year. Approximately 1,600 students are Intern ...

(NTNU).

Early career

Vayayana is an associate professor at the Department of Geography at NTNU. He heads the Indigenous Research and Development Center of the university and has helped CIP to conduct surveys on traditional tribal territories.

References

Living people Political office-holders in the Republic of China on Taiwan National Taiwan Normal University alumni Tsou people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Taiwan-politician-stub