Frank Hsieh

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Frank Hsieh
MLY
謝長廷
Official portrait, 2005
12th Ambassador of Taiwan to Japan
Assumed office
June 9, 2016
PresidentTsai Ing-wen
Minister
Chairperson
  • David Lee
    Joseph Wu
TJRA
Preceded byShen Ssu-tsun
8th Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party
Acting
January 12, 2008 – May 20, 2008
Preceded byChen Shui-bian
Succeeded byTsai Ing-wen
In office
April 20, 2000 – July 21, 2002
Secretary General
See list
Preceded by
Taipei I
Taipei City Councillor
In office
December 25, 1981 – December 25, 1989
ConstituencyTaipei II (Chiencheng, Yianping, Zhongshan)
Personal details
Born (1946-05-18) May 18, 1946 (age 77)
Taipei, Taiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
SpouseYu Fang-chih
Alma materNational Taiwan University (LL.B.)
Kyoto University (M.Jur.) & (ABD)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • lawyer

Frank Hsieh Chang-ting (

2008 presidential election and was defeated by Ma Ying-jeou
.

Early life

Born in Dadaocheng, Taipei, in 1946, Hsieh was a gymnast in high school and worked as a food vendor before college.[1][2] He received a Bachelor of Laws degree from National Taiwan University. Hsieh then obtained a master's degree and later completed doctoral coursework (all but dissertation) in jurisprudence at Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University in Japan.[3] He was a practicing attorney from 1969 to 1981,[4] serving as a defense attorney in the martial courts following the Kaohsiung Incident of 1980.[5][6]

Rise in politics

Prior to the 1986 establishment of the Democratic Progressive Party, Hsieh,

1996 presidential election.[11][12]
They finished second with 21.1% of the vote.

Kaohsiung mayoralty

In 1997, Hsieh successfully negotiated the surrender of the gunman in the Alexander family hostage crisis, raising his national profile.

To the surprise of many observers, Hsieh won the 1998

People First Party chair James Soong publicly supported Kuomintang candidate Huang Jun-ying, which helped Huang earn more votes.[22] Hsieh defeated Huang by 24,838 votes (3.22%).[13]

Premiership and aftermath

In January 2005, Hsieh was appointed premier, forcing him to leave his post as mayor of Kaohsiung.[23][24] Chen Chi-mai succeeded him as acting mayor.

Kuomintang politicians asked Hsieh to step down from the premiership shortly after the

2005 "Three-in-One" elections, which the DPP lost in a landslide.[26][27]

As the DPP candidate for the

2006 Taipei Mayoral election, Hsieh lost the race to KMT candidate Hau Lung-pin by 166,216 votes (12.92%).[28] The loss was largely expected, as Taipei was considered a Kuomintang stronghold.[29]

In February 2007, he led the Taiwanese delegation to the 55th annual United States National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., hosted by the U.S. Congressional Committee, with dignitaries including President George W. Bush.[30][31]

2008 presidential campaign

See also:
2008 Republic of China presidential election

Hsieh was frequently considered to be a leading contender for the DPP nomination in 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.[37] As a result of the Kuomintang's allegations of graft against Hsieh, prosecutors began an investigation of him in 2007. The investigation ended in September, when it was announced that Hsieh would not be charged with wrongdoing.[38]

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. 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.[39]

Following the DPP's poor performance in the

2008 legislative election, Hsieh replaced Chen Shui-bian as party chairman.[40]

In January 2008, Hsieh accused candidate

US citizens. Hsieh stated that if Ma made public documented proof that he had renounced the green card, Hsieh would withdraw from the election.[41]

The election was devastating to Hsieh and the DPP because he lost by a wider-than-expected margin of 17%. Hsieh had stated that if he lost this election, he would not run for office again.[42] He resigned from the DPP chairmanship to take responsibility for the defeat.[43] Tsai Ing-wen was elected as the new chairperson of the DPP.

In July 2010, Hsieh stood for the DPP's central committee standing membership election and won.[44][45]

Cross-strait relations

2012 mainland visit

In October 2012, Hsieh went to mainland China for five days as the highest-ranking DPP official ever to visit. However, the trip was made in no political capacity, but rather as a private citizen. He visited Xiamen and the Dongshan Islands in Fujian as well as Beijing on October 4–8.[46]

He met with then

State Councilor Dai Bingguo, then President Chen Yunlin of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits and then Director Wang Yi of the Taiwan Affairs Office.[citation needed
]

Although both sides agreed on the

1992 consensus.[citation needed
]

Hsieh reiterated his "Two Sides, Two Constitutions" initiative while on an April 2013 visit to the United States, and urged Beijing to accept difference across the Taiwan Strait for both sides being able to facilitate dialogue.[47]

Hong Kong cross-strait forum

In late June 2013, Hsieh attended a two-day forum on

Tung Chee Hwa, former Chief Executive of Hong Kong on Friday evening.[48]

Hsieh said that mutual trust between DPP and Beijing was important and that all of the bilateral exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait should benefit the public and address their needs. He also added that rebalancing cross-strait interactions is important as well. He once again reiterated his 'constitutions with different interpretations' view that Taipei and Beijing can coexist if both sides respect each other's constitutional legitimacy.[49]

ROC representative to Japan

In March 2016, local media began reporting that Hsieh had accepted a position as Taiwan's representative to Japan in

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.[54]

Personal life

Hsieh is married to Yu Fang-chih (游芳枝);

Tungyin Island (Dongyin)[58] and has served as Taipei City councilor since 2014.[59][60] Hsieh's mother died in 2007.[61]

Hsieh and nine other Democratic Progressive Party politicians performed traditional Taiwanese songs on a re-release of the album Oh! Formosa in 2000.[62] He later learned to play the ocarina, and released his own album in 2005.[1]

Hsieh first claimed part-

aboriginal descent in 2005,[63] and stated that he enjoyed Bunun music.[64]

He is also of seventh generation

Fujian province, the ancestral hometown being Zhao'an County (now part of Dongshan County).[65][66]

Explanatory notes

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