Hou Ching-shan | |
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侯清山 | |
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China | |
Assumed office 28 December 2015 |
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Minister | David Lee |
Deputy | Wu Chih-chung |
Vice | Lee Chen-jan |
ROC Representative to Spain | |
In office 2010–2015 |
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Preceded by | Simon Ko |
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China | |
In office 2006–2010 |
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Minister |
James C. F. Huang Francisco Ou Timothy Yang |
ROC Ambassador to El Salvador | |
In office 2005–2006 |
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ROC Deputy Representative to Uruguay | |
In office 1994–2001 |
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Personal details | |
Nationality | Republic of China |
Alma mater |
Fu Jen Catholic University Complutense University of Madrid |
Hou Ching-shan or Javier Hou (Chinese: 侯清山; pinyin: Hóu Qīngshān) is a politician in the Republic of China (ROC). He has been the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs since 28 December 2015.
Hou obtained his bachelor's degree in Spanish language and literature from Fu Jen Catholic University in 1972, and his master's in literature and philology and doctorate in philology from Complutense University of Madrid in Spain in 1975 and 1978, respectively.
Hou and delegates accompanied President Chen Shui-bian for an official visit to Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua in August 2007.
After São Tomé and Príncipe cut diplomatic relation with the ROC on 21 December 2016, Hou said that ROC relation with one of its other diplomatic ally is in yellow caution light, but he declined to comment which country it was.