Hsiao Bi-khim
Taiwanese politician and diplomat. Vice President of Taiwan (since 2024)
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.
Hsiao Bi-khim | |||||||||||||
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蕭美琴 | |||||||||||||
 Official portrait, 2024 | |||||||||||||
| 13th Vice President of Taiwan | |||||||||||||
| Assumed office 20 May 2024 | |||||||||||||
| President | Lai Ching-te | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Lai Ching-te | ||||||||||||
| 15th Taiwanese Ambassador 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) | ||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||
| Born | Bi-Khim Louise Hsiao 7 August 1971 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]
Notes
change- ↑ Her surname is transcibed in Mandarin and her given name is transcribed in Taiwanese Hokkien.
References
change- ↑ Teng, Pei-ju; Yeh, Joseph (20 November 2023). "ELECTION 2024/'Back for Taiwan': Hsiao Bi-khim accepts DPP's VP nomination". Central News Agency. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ↑ "蕭美琴（女）". Big5. June 16, 2009. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009.
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