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Tsai Ching-hsiang
Taiwanese politician and lawyer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tsai Ching-hsiang (Chinese: 蔡清祥; pinyin: Cài Qīngxiáng; born January 15, 1953) is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer. He has served as the Minister of Justice since 2018.
Before his ministerial career, he also served as the Director-General of the Investigation Bureau and the President of the Academy for the Judiciary of the Ministry of Justice. He is also known by the English name Shawn Tsai.[1]
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Education
Tsai graduated from Soochow University with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree and earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Chinese Culture University in 1982. His master's degree thesis was titled, "A study of civil legal issues concerning public nuisance" (Chinese: 公害民事法律問題之研究).[2]
After receiving his master's degree, Tsai became a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School. He later earned an executive Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from National Taiwan University.[3]
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Tsai served as head prosecutor in Kinmen and Miaoli,[4] before taking office as the prosecutor-general of Keelung.[5] He later led the Department of Prosecutorial Affairs at the Ministry of Justice. In this role, Tsai facilitated the extradition of Gerhard Dieter Rockmann to Germany and Wang You-theng from the United States.[6][7] In mid-2007, Tsai was named head prosecutor of the Shilin District Prosecutors' Office.[8] After leaving Shilin, Tsai served as lead prosecutor in Taoyuan and chief secretary of the justice ministry,[4][9] followed by a stint as principal of the Judges Academy.[10] He was subsequently named to the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office in July 2016.[10] In 2016, Tsai was appointed director general of the Investigation Bureau.[11][12][13] As bureau leader, Tsai investigated environmental damage and was especially known for leading drug busts.[14][15] Tsai was respected for his high standards, efficiency, and personal leadership style.[16] He was also known for his close relationship with William Lai.[17]
Minister of Justice
Tsai was appointed Minister of Justice in July 2018, succeeding Chiu Tai-san.[18][19] Tsai was formally sworn in on 16 July 2018.[20]
On 31 August 2018, Tsai Ching-hsiang ordered the execution of convicted murderer Lee Hung-chi.[21] Lee's death was the first execution carried out by the Tsai Ing-wen administration.[22]
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