Paelabang Danapan Explained

Paelabang Danapan
Native Name:孫大川
Office:Senior Advisor to the President
Term Start:9 February 2021
President:Tsai Ing-wen
Office2:5th Vice President of the Control Yuan
Appointer2:Ma Ying-jeou
1Blankname2:CY President
1Namedata2:Chang Po-ya
Term Start2:1 August 2014
Term End2:1 August 2020
Predecessor2:Chen Jinn-lih
Office3:Minister of Council of Indigenous Peoples
Deputy3:Hung Liang-chuan
Hsu Ming-yuan
Lin Chiang-yi
Term Start3:10 September 2009
Term End3:1 August 2013
Primeminister3:Wu Den-yih
Sean Chen
Jiang Yi-huah
Predecessor3:Chang Jen-hsiang
Successor3:Lin Chiang-yi
Nationality:Taiwan
Alma Mater:National Taiwan University
Fu Jen Catholic University
Catholic University of Louvain

Paelabang Danapan (; born 18 December 1953), also known as Sun Ta-chuan, is an aboriginal Taiwanese educator and politician. He had served as Minister of the Council of Indigenous Peoples from 2009 to 2013 and Vice President of the Control Yuan from 2014 to 2020. Sun is a member of the Puyuma tribe in Taiwan,[1] [2] and is also a Roman Catholic.[3]

Education

Paelabang Danapan 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.[4]

Early career

Before entering the political world, Paelabang Danapan was a professor at the National Chengchi University in Taipei and Professor of Indigenous Language and Communication at National Dong Hwa University.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Minister . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141201233340/http://www.apc.gov.tw/portal/docList.html?CID=D22339C56E6CE70A . 2014-12-01 . 2014-08-22 . Council of Indigenous Peoples . en.
  2. Web site: Sun Ta-chuan, Minister, Council of Indigenous Peoples, Executive Yuan . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140826181752/http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/Member_Info.aspx?n=FA0EE271955178E3&s=E77E3597EFBD960B . 2014-08-26 . 2014-08-22 . Executive Yuan . en.
  3. Web site: AsiaNews.it . I, an aboriginal Catholic, against the decline of our ethnicity . 2022-08-28 . www.asianews.it . en.
  4. Web site: Vice President Mr. Sun Ta-chuan . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171021175256/http://www.cy.gov.tw/sp.asp?xdUrl=.%2Fdi%2Fmember%2Fvice_president.asp&ctNode=1749 . 2017-10-21 . 2021-08-29 . Control Yuan . en.
  5. Web site: 2009-01-11 . Premier Wu Den-yih Takes Charge of Revamped Cabinet . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150123215838/http://taiwanreview.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=70377&CtNode=1337 . 2015-01-23 . 2014-08-22 . Taiwan Review . en.