Hsieh Tung-min
| Hsieh Tung-min | |
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| 謝東閔 | |
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| Vice President of the Republic of China | |
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In office 20 May 1978 – 20 May 1984 |
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| President | Chiang Ching-kuo |
| Chairman of Taiwan Provincial Government | |
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In office 6 June 1972 – 20 May 1978 |
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| Magistrate of Kaohsiung County | |
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In office 8 January 1946 – 1 October 1947 |
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| Born | 25 January 1908 Tainan Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan |
| Died | 9 April 2001 (aged 93) Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China |
| Nationality | Republic of China |
| Political party | Kuomintang |
| Alma mater | Sun Yat-sen University |
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Xiè Dōngmǐn |
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| Hokkien POJ | Siā Tang-bín |
Hsieh Tung-min (Chinese: 謝東閔; pinyin: Xiè Dōngmǐn; January 25, 1908 – April 9, 2001) was the ninth Governor of Taiwan Province (1972–1978), the sixth and first local Taiwanese Vice President of the Republic of China (1978–1984) under president Chiang Ching-kuo.
Hsieh was born to an ordinary farming family in the Japanese colony of Taiwan. He was educated in Taichu (Taichung) in 1922. He graduated from Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou in 1928. Afterwards, he became a columnist in Hong Kong and Guangzhou.
His brother, Shieh Min-chu is the president of Shih Chien University. His son is a physician.
In 1942, Hsieh was invited to plan the Taiwan office of Kuomintang. During 1943 - 1945, he worked for anti-Japan activities in Guangdong.
In 1945, after 20 and half years in the mainland, he went back to Taiwan as a KMT official. He became the first magistrate of Kaohsiung County in 1948, later Vice-director of Education of Taiwan Province, chancellor of National Taiwan Normal University, Secretary of Taiwan Province and Chief Councillor of Taiwan Province Council.
Hsieh became the ninth governor of Taiwan Province in 1972. On October 10, 1976, he received a parcel bomb from Taiwanese nationalist Wang Sing-nan (who now serves as a legislator for the Democratic Progressive Party). The bomb injured Hsieh's left hand. To prevent sepsis, the hospital decided to amputate his left hand and gave him an prosthetic hand.
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