| Hsieh Tung-min | |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-tw |
| Nationality: | Republic of China |
| Order1: | 4th |
| Office1: | Vice President of the Republic of China |
| President1: | Chiang Ching-kuo |
| Term Start1: | 20 May 1978 |
| Term End1: | 20 May 1984 |
| Predecessor1: | Yen Chia-kan |
| Successor1: | Lee Teng-hui |
| Order2: | Chairperson of Taiwan Provincial Government |
| Term Start2: | 6 June 1972 |
| Term End2: | 20 May 1978 |
| Order3: | Magistrate of Kaohsiung County |
| Term Start3: | 8 January 1946 |
| Term End3: | 1 October 1947 |
| Successor3: | Mao Chen-huan |
| Birth Date: | 25 January 1908 |
| Birth Place: | Nisui, Inrin, Taichū Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan (today Guanghua, Ershui, Changhua County, Taiwan) |
| Death Place: | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Party: | Kuomintang |
| Alma Mater: | Sun Yat-sen University (BA) |
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| W: | Hsieh4 Tung1-min3 |
| P: | Xiè Dōngmǐn |
| Poj: | Siā Tang-bín |
Hsieh Tung-min (; 25 January 1908 – 9 April 2001) was a Taiwanese politician who served as the ninth Governor of Taiwan Province (1972–1978), the sixth and first local Taiwanese Vice President of the Republic of China (1978–1984) under president Chiang Ching-kuo.[1]
Hsieh was born to an ordinary farming family in Taichū Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan. He was educated at Taichung County Taichung Middle School, graduating in 1922. He went to Shanghai for tertiary education and later graduated from Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou.[2] [3] Afterwards, he became a columnist in Hong Kong and Guangzhou.
Hsieh joined the Kuomintang in 1930.[3]
In 1942, Hsieh was invited to plan the Taiwan office of Kuomintang. From 1943 to 1945, he worked for anti-Japan activities in Guangdong.
In 1945, after 20 and half years in the mainland, he went back to Taiwan as a KMT official. He became the first magistrate of Kaohsiung County in 1948, later vice-director of Education of Taiwan Province, chancellor of National Taiwan Normal University, Secretary of Taiwan Province and Chief Councillor of Taiwan Provincial Council.
Hsieh became the ninth governor of Taiwan Province in 1972. On 10 October 1976, he received a parcel bomb from Wang Sing-nan, at the time a Taiwanese businessman based in the United States. The bomb injured Hsieh's left hand.[3] To prevent sepsis, the hospital decided to amputate his left hand and gave him an prosthetic hand.
Hsieh became vice president on 20 May 1978. He was replaced by another Taiwanese, Lee Teng-hui, on 20 May 1984. Afterwards Hsieh became senior secretary of the Presidential Office. Hsieh sought treatment from Taipei Veterans General Hospital for a heart attack on 23 January 2001. He later returned to his home in Taipei and died on 9 April 2001.[4] His funeral was held on 22 April 2001.[5]
On 26 March 1958, Hsieh set up the first private university, the Shih Chien University in Kaohsiung. During his governorship and vice-presidency, he worked hard on educational affairs and success to make all people of the new generations of Taiwan to be educated.[3]