Hsieh Ming-yuan

Hsieh Ming-yuan
謝明源
Member of the Taichung City Council
Assumed office
25 December 2014
In office
1 March 1994 – 31 January 2002
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2002 – 31 January 2008
Constituency Taichung
Personal details
Born (1952-09-03) 3 September 1952
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Nationality Taiwanese
Political party Democratic Progressive Party
Alma mater National Chung Hsing University

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

Education

Hsieh graduated from National Chung Hsing University with a degree in business.[1][2]

Political career

Hsieh led the Taichung chapter of the Democratic Progressive Party and served two terms on the Taichung City Council from 1994 to 2002. He helped run the legislative campaigns of Michael Tsai and led presidential candidate Chen Shui-bian's Taichung campaign in 2000.[1][2] Hsieh was elected to the Legislative Yuan for the first time in December 2001 and reelected in December 2004.[1][2] He lost reelection in 2008 and later ended his 2009 Taichung mayoral campaign, allowing Lin Chia-lung to represent the Democratic Progressive Party.[3][4][5] Hsieh launched another legislative campaign in 2012 before winning a Taichung municipal election in 2014.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hsieh Ming-yuan (5)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Hsieh Ming-yuan (6)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  3. ↑ Ko, Shu-ling (21 November 2007). "Chen downplays Shen Fu-hsiung's election remark". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Mo, Yan-chih (15 November 2007). "KMT, PFP to strengthen cooperation". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "DPP picks Lin for Taichung". Taipei Times. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
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