Shieh Ming-yan

Shieh Ming-yan (Chinese: 謝銘洋; pinyin: Xiè Míngyáng; born 1957) is a Taiwanese legal academic and judge who currently serves as the acting President of the Judicial Yuan since 2024.

Shieh Ming-yan
謝銘洋
Official portrait, 2023
Acting Chief Justice of Taiwan
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 November 2024
President	Lai Ching-te
Deputy	Vacant
Preceded by	Hsu Tzong-li
Grand Justice of the Judicial Yuan
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2019
Appointed by	Tsai Ing-wen
Personal details
Born	1957 (age 67–68)
Education	National Taiwan University (LLB, LLM) University of Munich (PhD)

Education and career

Hsieh completed a bachelor's and master's degrees in law at National Taiwan University (NTU) and finished a Doctor of Law (Dr. jur.) degree at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 1990, after which he returned to teach at NTU. Hsieh later served as dean of the College of Law.^[1][2]

Shortly after the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement (CSSTA) was signed in June 2013, Shieh signed a petition urging its renegotiation.^[3] In April 2014, Shieh lent support to another petition asking the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office to look into the removal from the Legislative Yuan of students participating in the Sunflower Student Movement protests over the CSSTA.^[4] He was critical of the government's response to protesters, stating that the NTU College of Law "truly failed our students, because we have not taught [President] Ma Ying-jeou well."^[5]

In May 2019, Ma's successor Tsai Ing-wen nominated Shieh to serve on the Constitutional Court (then known as the Council of Grand Justices).^[6] The Legislative Yuan voted to approve Shieh's nomination in June 2019.^[7] Lai Ching-te named Shieh acting president of the Judicial Yuan on 1 November 2024, as confirmation hearings for Judicial Yuan positions, including replacements for president Hsu Tzong-li and vice president Tsai Jeong-duen were delayed.^[8]

References

1. Gane, Christopher; Huang, Robin Hui, eds. (2017). Legal Education in the Global Context. Routledge. p. 23. ISBN 9781134804818.
2. "Ming-Yan Shieh". National Taiwan University College of Law. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
3. Chen, Yi-ching; Pan, Jason (3 August 2013). "Anti-pact petition attracts attention". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
4. Chang, Rich; Chien, Li-chung; Hsu, Stacy (3 April 2014). "Student leaders face legal woes". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
5. Hung, Mei-hsiu; Chien, Li-chung; Chung, Jake (13 April 2014). "'We did not teach Ma well,' NTU law professor says". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
6. "Chen Chien-jen announces grand justice nominees". Taipei Times. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
7. "Tsai's nominees to join Council of Grand Justices". Taipei Times. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
8. Teng, Pei-ju (1 November 2024). "Justice Shieh Ming-yan named acting Judicial Yuan head". Central News Agency. Retrieved 8 December 2024.