| Tien Hung-mao | |
| Native Name: | Chinese: 田弘茂 |
| Office1: | Chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation |
| Deputy1: | Chang Tien-chin Ko Cheng-heng |
| Term Start1: | 12 September 2016 |
| Term End1: | 27 March 2018 |
| Predecessor1: | Lin Join-sane Chen Ter-shing (acting) |
| Successor1: | Katharine Chang |
| Office2: | ROC Representative for United Kingdom |
| Term Start2: | 2002 |
| Term End2: | 2004 |
| Predecessor2: | Tzen Wen-hua |
| Successor2: | Edgar Lin |
| Office3: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Term Start3: | 20 May 2000 |
| Term End3: | 1 February 2002 |
| Predecessor3: | Chen Chien-jen |
| Successor3: | Eugene Chien |
| Birth Date: | 7 November 1938 |
| Birth Place: | Rokkō Village, Sobun District, Tainan Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Lioujia District,[1] Tainan, Taiwan) |
| Nationality: | Republic of China |
| Alma Mater: | Tunghai University University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Tien Hung-mao (; born 7 November 1938) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 20 May 2000 until 1 February 2002.[2]
Tien received a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1969, where he wrote his dissertation on political development in China from 1927 to 1937. Thereafter he was a university professor for more than twenty years, and naturalised as a U.S. citizen.[3] [4] After he moved back to Taiwan, Lee Teng-hui had asked him twice in the 1990s to serve in the Executive Yuan Council, but each time he refused; reportedly, the requirement that he renounce U.S. citizenship was a major barrier.[3] He eventually accepted Chen Shui-bian's offer to become Minister of Foreign Affairs, and renounced his U.S. citizenship on 11 May, eight days before taking office. He later stated in an interview that he did not regret this step at all, because he "loved Taiwan".[4] After his term ended, he took up a new post as the head of Taipei Representative Office in the U.K.[5] He resigned the position in 2004,[6] and later led the Institute of National Policy Research. In 2016, Tsai Ing-wen named Tien the chair of the Straits Exchange Foundation.[7] [8] He left the position in March 2018.[9]