Vincent Siew
| Vincent Siew Siew Wan-chang |
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| Vice President of the Republic of China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In office 20 May 2008 – 20 May 2012 |
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| President | Ma Ying-jeou | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Annette Lu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Wu Den-yih | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vice Chairman of the Kuomintang | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In office 18 June 2000 – 23 March 2005 |
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| Chairman | Lien Chan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Premier of the Republic of China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In office 1 September 1997 – 20 May 2000 |
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| President | Lee Teng-hui | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vice Premier |
John Chiang Liu Chao-shiuan |
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| Preceded by | Lien Chan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Tang Fei | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3 January 1939 (age 78) Kagi City, Tainan Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Chiayi, Taiwan) |
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| Nationality | Republic of China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Kuomintang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Susan Chu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | National Chengchi University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Xiāo Wàncháng |
| Wade–Giles | Hsiao Wan-chang |
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| Hokkien POJ | Siau Bān-tióng |
Vincent C. Siew or Siew Wan-chang (Chinese: 蕭萬長; pinyin: Xiāo Wàncháng; born 3 January 1939) is a Taiwanese politician who served as the Vice President of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2012. He was the first Taiwanese-born Premier of the Republic of China and former vice-chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT).
Born in Chiayi City in the then Japanese colony of Taiwan on 3 January 1939, Siew graduated from Chiayi High School in 1957. In 1961, he graduated from the Department of Diplomacy at National Chengchi University (NCCU). After completing his conscription, he passed the Foreign Affairs Special Examination of 1962. He subsequently received his master's degree from the Graduate Institute of International Law and Diplomacy from NCCU in 1965. Although he was accepted to Harvard University, Siew chose to remain in Taiwan heeding his mother's wishes. He completed a leadership seminar at Georgetown University in the United States in 1982 and was awarded Eisenhower Fellowships in 1985.
In April 1966, he was appointed as vice consul at the ROC Consulate-General in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and promoted as consul in 1969, a position he held until 1972. During his office term, he built close relationship between Taiwan and the governments and people of Malaysia and Singapore. He also successfully negotiated the establishment of the Trade Mission of the Republic of China in Singapore and its counterpart Singapore Trade Office in Taipei.
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