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Hsiao Bi-khim
Taiwanese politician and diplomat. Vice President of Taiwan (since 2024) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hsiao Bi-khim[note 1] (Chinese: 蕭美琴; pinyin: Xiāo Měiqín; Wade–Giles: Hsiao1 Mei3-ch'in2; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siau Bí-khîm; born Bi-khim Louise Hsiao; August 7, 1971) is a Taiwanese politician and diplomat who is the Vice President-elect of the Republic of China. She was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2008 and again between 2012 and 2020. Hsiao also was the Taiwanese representative to the United States from 2020 to 2023.
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蕭美琴 | |||||||||||||
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Vice President-elect of the Republic of China | |||||||||||||
Assuming office 20 May 2024 | |||||||||||||
President | Lai Ching-te (elect) | ||||||||||||
Succeeding | Lai Ching-te | ||||||||||||
Taiwanese Representative to the United States | |||||||||||||
In office 20 July 2020 – 30 November 2023 | |||||||||||||
President | Tsai Ing-wen | ||||||||||||
Preceded by | Stanley Kao | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Alexander Yui | ||||||||||||
Member of the Legislative Yuan | |||||||||||||
In office 1 February 2012 – 31 January 2020 | |||||||||||||
Preceded by | Wang Ting-son (9th) | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Fu Kun-chi (9th) | ||||||||||||
Constituency | Hualien County (9th) Party-list (8th) | ||||||||||||
In office 1 February 2002 – 1 February 2008 | |||||||||||||
Constituency | Taipei 1 (6th) Overseas (5th) | ||||||||||||
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Born | Bi-Khim Louise Hsiao (1971-08-07) 7 August 1971 (age 52) Kobe, Japan | ||||||||||||
Citizenship | Taiwan United States (1971–2002) | ||||||||||||
Political party | Democratic Progressive Party | ||||||||||||
Education | Oberlin College (BA) Columbia University (MA) | ||||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 蕭美琴 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 萧美琴 | ||||||||||||
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In November 2023, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) nominated her as the vice presidential candidate in the 2024 election.[1]
She moved to the United States as a teenager and graduated from Montclair High School in Montclair, New Jersey.[2]