Sun Ta-chuan | |
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孫大川 | |
Vice President of Control Yuan | |
Assumed office 1 August 2014 |
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President | Chang Po-ya |
Preceded by | Chen Jinn-lih |
Minister of Council of Indigenous Peoples of the Republic of China | |
In office 10 September 2009 – 1 August 2013 |
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Deputy |
Hung Liang-chuan Hsu Ming-yuan Lin Chiang-yi |
Preceded by | Chang Jen-hsiang |
Succeeded by | Lin Chiang-yi |
Personal details | |
Born | 18 December 1953 (age 63) |
Nationality | Republic of China |
Alma mater |
National Taiwan University Fu Jen Catholic University Catholic University of Louvain |
Sun Ta-chuan (Chinese: 孫大川; pinyin: Sūn Dàchuān), also known as Paelabang Danapan in the Puyuma language, is an educator and politician in Taiwan. He served as the Minister of the Council of Indigenous Peoples of the Executive Yuan from 2009 to 2013, and has been Vice President of the Control Yuan since 2014. He is a member of the Puyuma tribe in Taiwan.
Sun received his bachelor's degree in Chinese literature from National Taiwan University, and bachelor's degree in philosophy from Fu Jen Catholic University. He then earned his doctoral degree in sinology from Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium.
Before entering the political world, Sun was a professor at the National Chengchi University in Taipei.