Sun Ta-chuan

Sun Ta-chuan (Chinese: 孫大川; pinyin: Sūn Dàchuān; born 18 December 1953), also known as Paelabang Danapan[1] in the Puyuma language, is an educator and politician in Taiwan. He served as the Minister of the Council of Indigenous Peoples of the Executive Yuan from 2009 to 2013, and has been Vice President of the Control Yuan since 2014. He is a member of the Puyuma tribe in Taiwan.[2][3]

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Sun.
Sun Ta-chuan
孫大川
Vice President of Control Yuan
Assumed office
1 August 2014
PresidentChang Po-ya
Preceded byChen Jinn-lih
Minister of Council of Indigenous Peoples of the Republic of China
In office
10 September 2009 – 1 August 2013
DeputyHung Liang-chuan
Hsu Ming-yuan
Lin Chiang-yi
Preceded byChang Jen-hsiang
Succeeded byLin Chiang-yi
Personal details
Born18 December 1953 (1953-12-18) (age 66)
NationalityRepublic of China
Alma materNational Taiwan University
Fu Jen Catholic University
Catholic University of Louvain

Education

Sun received his bachelor's degree in Chinese literature from National Taiwan University, and bachelor's degree in philosophy from Fu Jen Catholic University. He then earned his doctoral degree in sinology from Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium.[4]

Early career

Before entering the political world, Sun was a professor at the National Chengchi University in Taipei.[5]

References
  1. "Presidential Office Gazette" (PDF). 10 February 2012. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  2. "原住民族委員會全球資訊網 Minister". apc.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  3. "Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)-Executive Yuan Officials". ey.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  4. http://www.cy.gov.tw/sp.asp?xdUrl=./di/member/vice_president.asp&ctNode=1749
  5. "Taiwan Review - Premier Wu Den-yih Takes Charge of Revamped Cabinet". taiwanreview.nat.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
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