Hsieh Chin-ting
謝金汀
Magistrate of Miaoli County
In office
20 December 1981 – 20 December 1989
Preceded byChiu Wen-kuang
Succeeded byChang Chiu-hua
Personal details
Born1936
Shinchiku, Taiwan, Empire of Japan
Died25 April 2017
Taipei, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyKuomintang
Alma materNational Taiwan University

Hsieh Chin-ting (Chinese: 謝金汀; 1936–2017) was a Taiwanese judge and politician.

Hsieh was born in 1936 to a family of farmers in Tōfun, Chikunan, Shinchiku Prefecture of Japanese Taiwan, which later became known as Shuiliugong, a division of Toufen, Miaoli County.[1] He graduated from the School of Law of National Taiwan University and became a prosecutor and judge.[2] With support from the Kuomintang, Hsieh was elected to two terms as Miaoli County Magistrate, serving between 1981 and 1989.[2][3] He was a proponent of youth and amateur sports. During his magisterial tenure, Hsieh hosted the 1984 Taiwan Middle School Games and 1988 Taiwan Provincial Games.[2][4] After the left the magistracy, Hsieh served in several roles within the Taiwan Provincial Government.[1][4] He offered to return to his judicial post within the provincial government after it had been downsized, but the offer was rejected by the Judicial Yuan.[5] The Chen Qingbo Culture and Education Foundation published Hsieh's autobiography in 1995.[1][4] Hsieh died at home in Taipei on 25 April 2017, aged 81.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 彭, 健禮 (27 April 2017). "謝金汀辭世 徐耀昌：苗縣痛失讓人敬重的老前輩". Liberty Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 江, 詩筑 (28 April 2017). "苗栗前縣長謝金汀辭世 享壽82歲". China Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  3. ↑ 何, 來美 (2017). 台灣客家政治風雲錄 (in Chinese). 聯經出版事業公司. p. 328. ISBN 9789570848670.
  4. 1 2 3 許, 展溢 (27 April 2017). "苗縣前縣長謝金汀逝世 享壽81歲". Liberty Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. ↑ Chang, Shen-hsin (24 April 2000). "Keep politics away from judiciary". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 January 2020.


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