Chiu Tai-san
MLY
邱太三
Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council
Assumed office
23 February 2021
PremierSu Tseng-chang
Chen Chien-jen
Preceded byChen Ming-tong
Minister of Justice
In office
20 May 2016 – 15 July 2018
PremierLin Chuan
William Lai
Preceded byLuo Ying-shay
Succeeded byTsai Ching-hsiang
Deputy Mayor of Taoyuan City
In office
25 December 2014 – March 2016
MayorCheng Wen-tsan
Deputy Mayor of Kaohsiung
In office
25 December 2006 – 2008
MayorChen Chu
Deputy Minister of Mainland Affairs Council
In office
May 2004 – March 2005
MinisterJoseph Wu
Succeeded byMichael You
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1999 – 19 May 2004
ConstituencyTaichung County
Personal details
Born (1956-08-30) 30 August 1956
Dajia, Taichung County, Taiwan (now Taichung)
CitizenshipTaiwanese
Political party Democratic Progressive Party
SpouseSung Fu-mei (宋富美)
Alma materNational Taiwan University
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Chiu Tai-san (Chinese: 邱太三; pinyin: Qiū Tàisān; born 30 August 1956) is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2004. He then served the Mainland Affairs Council as a vice chairman, and later as deputy mayor of Kaohsiung under Chen Chu. After leaving politics for a teaching position, Chiu was named the deputy mayor of Taoyuan under Cheng Wen-tsan in 2014. He resigned in 2016, and was appointed the Minister of Justice later that year. Chiu stepped down from the justice ministry in 2018, and served on the National Security Council until 2019. In 2021, Chiu was appointed minister of the Mainland Affairs Council.

Chiu studied law at National Taiwan University and worked as a prosecutor for the district courts of Tainan and Hsinchiu.[1]

Political career

A member of the Democratic Progressive Party's New Tide faction,[2] Chiu began his political career as a secretary for Taichung County Magistrate Liao Yung-lai.[3] He was elected to the Legislative Yuan as a representative of Taichung County in the 1998 elections.[4][5] Reelected in 2001, Chiu stepped down in the middle of his term on 19 May 2004 to become the first vice chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council.[6][7] He left the MAC in March 2005 and declared his intention to run for the Taichung County magistracy.[8] Chiu was replaced at the MAC by Michael You.[9] Chiu was challenged in a party primary by National Assemblyman Lin Feng-hsi.[10] Chiu defeated Lin in first round of the primary,[11] which consisted of telephone surveys run by three separate different companies.[12] Lin claimed that one of the three polls had been subject to a computer hardware error and should be redone.[13] Chiu was eventually reconfirmed as the DPP candidate,[14] and lost the December election to incumbent Huang Chung-sheng. Following the defeat, Chiu was named a deputy mayor of Kaohsiung shortly before Chen Chu took office as mayor in December 2006.[15] After leaving the Kaohsiung City Government, Chiu taught at Asia University, eventually leading its financial and economic law department.[16] He launched another bid for the Taichung County magistracy in 2010, and again lost to Huang Chung-sheng.[17] The Democratic Progressive Party considered nominating him as a candidate for a legislative seat in the 2012 elections.[18] However, Chiu did not return to public service until 2014, when Cheng Wen-tsan appointed him deputy mayor of Taoyuan.[19]

In March 2016, Chiu resigned his Taoyuan City Government position to serve as a policy advisor to president-elect Tsai Ing-wen.[20] The next month, Chiu was named the Minister of Justice in Lin Chuan's incoming cabinet.[21][22] He took office on 20 May 2016. Shortly after assuming his post as Minister of Justice, Chiu stated that Taiwan would maintain the death penalty.[23][24] Chiu supported legislator Tsai Yi-yu's August 2016 proposal to eliminate the Special Investigation Division.[25][26][27] Other attempts at reform include a victims' protection initiative and setting up a legal research department to immediately send contentious court cases directly to the Supreme Court.[28] In February 2017, Chiu announced that the general public would be able to participate in committees convened to review the work of prosecutors.[29] He left office in July 2018,[30] and was named to the National Security Council.[31] Chiu resigned from the National Security Council on 2 April 2019, shortly after the Taiwan High Court Prosecutors' Office charged him with influence peddling.[32][33] In December 2019, Chiu was appointed to lead a Democratic Progressive Party task force convened to combat electoral fraud during the January 2020 elections.[34] Chiu later returned to the National Security Council as a consultant, serving until February 2021, when he was named leader of the Mainland Affairs Council.[35][36] Chiu formally succeeded Chen Ming-tong as minister of the Mainland Affairs Council on 23 February 2021.[37][38]

Personal

Chu is married to jurist Sung Fu-mei.[39]

References

  1. ↑ "Chiu Tai-shan (4)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Huang, Jewel (24 January 2005). "DPP looks to Cabinet for success in local polls". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Huang, Jewel (12 August 2005). "Su takes his stumping to Taichung". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Chiu to enter Taichung race". Taipei Times. 18 March 2005. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Hsu, Crystal (21 August 2002). "Port-zone proposal floated". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Huang to join the MAC". Taipei Times. 20 September 2004. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Chiu Tai-san (5)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  8. ↑ Chuang, Jimmy (19 March 2005). "Shake-up at MAC as vice chairman quits post". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  9. ↑ Su, Joy (3 April 2005). "Self-described 'pragmatic idealist' You assumes vice chairmanship at MAC". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  10. ↑ Huang, Jewel (3 June 2005). "DPP completes primaries for city, county elections". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  11. ↑ Huang, Jewel (23 May 2005). "DPP announces primary results". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  12. ↑ "DPP to hold poll again". Taipei Times. 1 June 2005. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  13. ↑ Huang, Jewel (2 June 2005). "DPP threatens to sue as candidate makes allegations". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  14. ↑ Shih, Ying-ying (2 December 2005). "Candidates rally party faithful in run-up to '3-in-1' elections". Taiwan Today. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  15. ↑ Wang, Flora (24 December 2006). "Chen Chu handpicks close aides to join administrative team". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  16. ↑ "Chinese official sees little progress in DPP's policy". Taipei Times. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  17. ↑ Chao, Vincent Y. (28 September 2010). "DPP worried over Taichung race". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  18. ↑ "DPP mulls new candidate". Taipei Times. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  19. ↑ Lo, Chi-hao James (16 December 2014). "DPP mayors-elect finalize early cabinet list". China Post. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  20. ↑ "Taoyuan Deputy Mayor Chiu Tai-san resigns to join president-elect's policy team". Formosa TV. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  21. ↑ Yu, Hsiao-han; Lu, Hsin-hui; Tai, Ya-chen; Wen, Kuei-hsiang; Wu, Lilian (12 April 2016). "More Cabinet lineup announced". Central News Agency. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  22. ↑ Hui-ping, Chen; Chung, Jake (13 April 2016). "Additional future Cabinet members announced by DPP". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  23. ↑ Tsai, Page; Wu, Lilian (30 May 2016). "Death penalty issue not urgent: justice minister". Taiwan News. Central News Agency. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  24. ↑ "Nation to maintain death penalty: minister". Taipei Times. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  25. ↑ Wen, Kuei-hsiang; Low, Y. F. (10 August 2016). "Lawmaker introduces bill to scrap Special Investigation Division". Central News Agency. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  26. ↑ Pan, Jason (11 August 2016). "Justice minister ready to back abolition of SID". Taipei Times. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  27. ↑ Chung, Jake (12 August 2016). "End of SID to give prosecutors power". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  28. ↑ Pan, Jason (11 November 2016). "Justice minister announces major reforms". Taipei Times. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  29. ↑ Pan, Jason (17 February 2017). "Ministry unveils measures on prosecutorial reform". Taipei Times. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  30. ↑ Lin, Sean (13 July 2018). "Premier unveils Cabinet picks". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  31. ↑ "Premier explains Cabinet reshuffle". Central News Agency. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  32. ↑ Wang, Flor; Hsiao, Po-wen (3 April 2019). "Ex-Justice Minister Chiu accused of influence peddling". Central News Agency. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  33. ↑ Maxon, Ann (4 April 2019). "NPP calls for probe into ex-minister". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  34. ↑ Pan, Jason (4 December 2019). "DPP unveils task force to combat vote-buying". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  35. ↑ Su, Yung-yao; Lee, Hsin-fang; Chin, Jonathan (20 February 2021). "Tsai changes up Cabinet". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  36. ↑ Liu, Kuan-ting; Wen, Kuei-hsiang; Mazzetta, Matthew (19 February 2021). "Taiwan names new defense, intelligence, China affairs heads (update)". Central News Agency. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  37. ↑ "New MAC minister eyes end to impasse". Taipei Times. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  38. ↑ Lai, Yen-hsi; Yeh, Joseph (23 February 2021). "Taiwan's new China affairs head pledges to break cross-strait impasse". Central News Agency. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  39. ↑ Pan, Jason (2 June 2017). "Minister denies role in wife's posting as judge". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
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