Hsieh Ming-yuan (; born 3 September 1952) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education

Hsieh graduated from

National Chung Hsing University National Chung Hsing University (NCHU; ; lit. National Resurgence University) is a comprehensive research university in South District, Taichung, Taiwan. Currently, NCHU is among the four universities of the Taiwan Comprehensive University Sys ...

with a degree in business.

Political career

Hsieh led the Taichung chapter of the

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a centre to centre-left Taiwanese nationalist political party in Taiwan. As the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition, one of the two main political camps in Taiwan, the DPP is currently the ...

and served two terms on the

Taichung City Council The Taichung City Council (TCCC; ) is the elected municipal council of Taichung City, Republic of China. The council composes of 63 councilors lastly elected through the 2022 Republic of China local election on 24 November 2022. History Tai ...

from 1994 to 2002. He helped run the legislative campaigns of

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and led presidential candidate

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's Taichung campaign in 2000. Hsieh was elected to the Legislative Yuan for the first time in December 2001 and reelected in December 2004. He lost reelection in 2008 and later ended his 2009 Taichung mayoral campaign, allowing

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to represent the Democratic Progressive Party. Hsieh launched another legislative campaign in 2012 before winning a Taichung municipal election in 2014.

References

1952 births Living people National Chung Hsing University alumni Taichung Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 5th Legislative Yuan Members of the 6th Legislative Yuan Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Kaohsiung Taichung City Councilors {{Taiwan-DPP-politician-stub