Frank Hsieh 謝長廷  LLD candidate (Kyoto)[1]
Premier of the Republic of China
In office 01 February 2005 – 25 January 2006
President	Chen Shui-bian
Preceded by	Yu Shyi-kun
Succeeded by	Su Tseng-chang
DPP candidate for the 2008 ROC presidential election
Election date 22 March 2008
Running mate	Su Tseng-chang
Opponent(s)	Ma Ying-Jeou
Incumbent	Chen Shui-bien
Born	18 May 1946 (1946-05-18) (age 61)] Dadaocheng, Datong, Taipei, Taiwan
Political party	DPP
Spouse	Yu Fang-chih
Alma mater	National Taiwan University Kyoto University
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer

Frank Chang-ting Hsieh (traditional Chinese: 謝長廷; pinyin: Xiè Chángtíng; Wade-Giles: Hsieh Ch'ang T'ing; Pe̍h-oē-jī: Siā Tiông-têng or Chiā Tiông-têng) (born May 18, 1946 in Dadaocheng, Datong District, Taipei) is a Taiwanese politician of the Democratic Progressive Party. He was the mayor of Kaohsiung City until his appointment as Premier of the Republic of China by president Chen Shui-bian on February 1, 2005. He announced his resignation from the post of premier on January 17, 2006. Hsieh is the DPP nominee in the 2008 presidential election. Doctor of Laws (Latin: Legum Doctor, LL.D) is a doctorate-level academic degree in law. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2816 × 2112 pixel, file size: 1. ... The President of the Executive Yuan (行政院長), colloquially referred to as the Premier (閣揆), is the head of the Executive Yuan, the executive branch of the Republic of China, which currently administers Taiwan. ... 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Personal background

Hsieh is married to Yu Fang-chih (游芳枝); together, they have a son and a daughter.

Rise in politics

Hsieh received his Bachelor of Laws degree from National Taiwan University and completed a Master of Laws degree from Kyoto University. He was a practicing attorney from 1969 to 1981, serving as a defense attorney in the martial courts following the Kaohsiung Incident of 1980. The degree of Bachelor of Laws is the principal academic degree in law in the majority of common law countries other than the United States, where it has been replaced by the Juris Doctor degree. ... National Taiwan University (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Tongyong Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kuo2-li4 tai2-wan1 ta4-hsüeh2; POJ: Kok-li̍p Tâi-ôan Tāi-ha̍k; abbreviation NTU)[2] is a national university in Taipei City, Taiwan. ... The Master of Laws is an advanced law degree, commonly abbreviated LL.M. (also LLM or LL.M) from its Latin name, Legum Magister. ... Kyoto University ), abbreviated to Kyodai ) is a national coeducational research university in Kyoto, Japan. ... The Kaohsiung Incident (Chinese: 高雄事件), also known as the Formosa Incident (Chinese: 美麗島事件), was the result of pro-democracy demonstrations that occurred in Kaohsiung, Republic of China (Taiwan) to commemorate Human Rights Day on December 10, 1979. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ...

Hsieh was one of the founding members of the Democratic Progressive Party, was the one who proposed its current name, and served as its chairman from June 2000 to 2002. A two-time Taipei City councilor from 1981 to 1988, and a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1989 to 1995, Hsieh ran in the 1996 presidential as a vice-presidential candidate with Peng Ming-min on the DPP ticket. They finished second with 21.1% of the vote. In a dramatic comeback to the surprise of many observers, Hsieh defeated the Kuomintang incumbent and won the Kaohsiung City mayoral election in 1998. He was re-elected again for a four-year term in 2002. The Legislative Yuan building in Zhongzheng District, Taipei City (the view is partially obscured by the childrens hospital building of the National Taiwan University Hospital). ... The Election for the 9th-term President and Vice-President of the Republic of China (第九任中華民國總統 、副總統選舉), the first ever direct elections for President and Vice President of the Republic of China on Taiwan, occurred on March 23, 1996. ... Peng Ming-min(Taiwanese: Phêⁿ Bêng-bín; 彭明敏, pinyin: Péng Míngmǐn) (born August 15, 1923) is a noted Taiwan independence activist and politician. ... Abbreviation: Kaohsiung (高雄) City nickname: The Harbor City Capital District Linya Dist. ...

Kaohsiung mayoralty

In 1998, Hsieh was elected the mayor of Kaohsiung City. His administration focused on improving water qualities in surrounding rivers (the most notorious of which included the Love River) as well as a general overhaul of the port of Kaohsiung. He was also largely responsible for the establishment of a Metro system in Kaohsiung. However, the construction of the Metro was notoriously plagued by many issues and problems. Many of Hsieh's aides and deputies in the Kaohsiung City government were indicted on corruption and involved in other money scandals. The Love River is a river located in the Yancheng district, of Taiwan and has a total area of 12 k㎡. It flows from northeast to southwest passing through the Port of Kaohsiung. ...

Premiership and aftermath

Hsieh was forced to resign as premier in the aftermath of the 2005 "Three-in-One" elections in which the KMT defeated the DPP in a landslide.

As the DPP's candidate for the 2006 Taipei Mayoral election, Hsieh lost the race to KMT candidate Hau Lung-pin by a big margin of 166,216 votes. However, Hsieh's electoral performance exceeded prior expectations considering the very low approval ratings of the President and the DPP as a whole, as well as Taipei City's strongly pro-KMT electorate. The mayoral and city-councillor elections for Taipei and Kaohsiung, the two special municipalities administered directly under the central government, consisted the 2006 Republic of China municipal elections on 2006-12-09. ... Hau Lung-pin (郝龍斌) (born on August 22, 1952 in Taiwan with ancestral roots in Jiangsu, China) is a politician in the Republic of China (Taiwan) and is the current Mayor of Taipei. ...

In February 2007, he led the Taiwanese delegation to the 55th annual United States National Prayer Breakfast ^[1] in Washington DC, hosted by US Congressional Committee with dignitaries including President George W. Bush. George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America, originally inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...

Presidential election

See also: Republic of China presidential election, 2008

Hsieh was frequently considered to be a leading contender for the DPP nomination in the 2008 presidential election, and formally announced his intention to run in the election on February 16. Hsieh was the second to formally announce candidacy after former-KMT chairman Ma Ying-Jeou, and the first from the Democratic Progressive Party. He has won 45% of the DPP primary votes ^[2] and won the nomination, after the pending straw poll to be conducted May 9-11 was cancelled after his three primary opponents all conceded defeat.^[3] In July 2007, Frank Hsieh went on a trip to the United States called the trip of "Love and Trust" (「愛與信任」之旅).^[4] In September 2007, Hsieh openly declared that he was running for the presidency of the State of Taiwan (台灣國), saying that "recogniz[ing] ourselves (the Taiwanese people) as a nation first and then fight[ing] for what we want during negotiations with other countries" is important.^[5] The Election for the 12th-term President and Vice-President of the Republic of China (traditional Chinese: ) will be held Saturday, 22 March 2008. ... The Election for the 12th-term President and Vice-President of the Republic of China (Chinese: 第十二任中華民國總統副總統選舉) will be held in March 2008 (but as is customary in Taiwanese elections, the date will probably not be determined until late 2007). ... China Pig Ma Ying-Jeou (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Tongyong Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ma Ying-chiu) (born July 13, 1950 in Hong Kong, China) is a politician in the Republic of Taiwan (Taiwan), a former Justice Minister, former Mayor of Taipei, and former Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT... September 2007 is the ninth month of that year. ... A flag for the proposed independent Taiwan designed in the mid-1990s. ... This article is about the people of Taiwan. ...

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Hsieh has been granted many Taiwanese aboriginal names by many tribe leaders during his visits to the tribes, such as Tin Kei in Amis, V'oyu in Tsou, Hayung in Atayal, and Shaman Manida in Tao. ^[6] A Rukai villege Chief visiting Department of Anthropology in Tokyo Imperial University during the Japanese rule. ... Amis is the language of the Amis or Ami, a tribe of indigenous people on Taiwan (see Taiwanese aborigines). ... Tsou is the language of the Tsou, a tribe of indigenous people on Taiwan (see Taiwanese aborigines). ... The Atayal language is spoken by the Atayal people on Taiwan. ... The Tao (Chinese: ) language, also known referred to as Yami (雅美), is spoken by a Taiwanese aboriginal people, native to tiny outlying Orchid Island. ...

Regarding Ma Ying-jeou's idea of a "cross-strait common market," Hsieh states that if Taiwan only focuses on the economy, it will end up like Hong Kong and Macau, whose only goal in life is to make money.^[7] Hsieh believes that improving the economy is as important as preserving national dignity, and that the goal of economic development is more than just making money, but it is also improving the happiness of people. China Pig Ma Ying-Jeou (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Tongyong Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ma Ying-chiu) (born July 13, 1950 in Hong Kong, China) is a politician in the Republic of Taiwan (Taiwan), a former Justice Minister, former Mayor of Taipei, and former Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT...

Following the DPP's poor performance in the 2008 Legislative election, Hsieh replaced Chen Shui-bian as chairman of the DPP. Legislative elections will be held on January 12, 2008 in the Republic of China (Taiwan}. These would elect the first set of legislators to serve a longer 4-year term in the Legislative Yuan, after the recent change in the Constitution of the Republic of China, which intended to synchronize...

In January 2008, Hsieh accused candidate Ma Ying-Jeou of having a United States green card. After investigations by the Taiwanese news media, it was later revealed that two of Hsieh's siblings currently reside in the United States and possess United States Citizenship. This was revealed because Hsieh had previously traveled to Los Angeles for his mother's funeral. His mother had been residing in the U.S. with Hsieh's brother and sister. China Pig Ma Ying-Jeou (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Tongyong Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ma Ying-chiu) (born July 13, 1950 in Hong Kong, China) is a politician in the Republic of Taiwan (Taiwan), a former Justice Minister, former Mayor of Taipei, and former Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT... Green Card can refer to: United States Permanent Resident Card, an identification document issued by the United States of America affording non-citizens of that country some of the rights its citizens enjoy, sometimes with the prospect of naturalization. ...

See also

• Politics of Taiwan

The Republic of China (ROC) currently has jurisdiction over Taiwan, Kinmen, Matsu, and the Pescadores Islands (Penghu) and several smaller islands. ...

External links

• Campaign website
• Personal website
• Personal blog
• Wikinews: Frank Hsieh named new Taiwanese premier

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