Hsu Chia-ching

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Hsu Chia-ching
徐佳青
Official portrait, 2023
19th Minister of Overseas Community Affairs
In office 31 January 2023 – 7 October 2026
Prime Minister	Chen Chien-jen Cho Jung-tai
Preceded by	Tung Chen-yuan
Succeeded by	Lee Yen-hui
Political Deputy Minister of Overseas Community Affairs
In office 20 May 2020 – 31 January 2023
Minister	Tung Chen-yuan [zh]
Preceded by	Kao Chien-chih
Succeeded by	Ruan Jhao-syong [zh]
Acting Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party
In office 25 November 2018 – 13 January 2019
Chairman	Lin Yu-chang
Preceded by	Hung Yao-fu [zh]
Succeeded by	Luo Wen-jia
21st Deputy Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party
In office 25 May 2016 – 15 July 2019
Secretary General	Hung Yao-fu Herself (acting) Luo Wen-jia
Preceded by	Hung Yao-fu
Succeeded by	Lin Fei-fan
Taipei City Councillor
In office 25 December 2002 – 25 December 2014
Succeeded by	Chien Shu-pei [zh]
Constituency	Taipei VI (Da'an, Wenshan)
Personal details
Born	(1967-10-22) 22 October 1967 (age 59) Taipei, Taiwan
Party	Democratic Progressive Party
Spouse	Bo Tedards
Relatives	Hsu Kuo-yung (uncle)
Education	National Taiwan University (BS) Philipps-University Marburg (Diplom) National Yang-Ming University (MS)

Hsu Chia-ching (Chinese: 徐佳青; Wade–Giles: Hsu² Chia¹-ching¹, born 22 October 1967) is a Taiwanese politician who served as the minister of the Overseas Community Affairs Council since 2023.

Education

Hsu graduated from National Taiwan University with a Bachelor of Science in agronomy. She completed graduate studies in Germany, earning a Diplom in sociology from Marburg University. She then earned a Master of Science (M.S.) in health and welfare policy from National Yang-Ming University.

Political career

Hsu first joined politics because of the Peng Wan-ru murder incident. During her political career, she is the member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and served many positions within the political party; including spokesperson, Women's Affairs Department director and central committee member.

Between 2002 and 2014, she served as a councillor in the Taipei City Council. She gives up re-election in 2014 and succeeded the position to her assistant, Chien Shu-pei.

After her councilorship ended, she returned to work for the Democratic Progressive Party, serving as the deputy secretary-general from 2016 to 2019, during DPP's second ruling in Taiwan's government.

Between November 2018 to January 2019, she served as the acting secretary-general of the Democratic Progressive Party under the interim leadership of Lin Yu-chang after the resignation of both the DPP chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen and DPP secretary-general Hung Yao-fu due to the party's loss in the 2018 Taiwanese local elections.

She served as the political deputy minister of the Overseas Community Affairs Council from 2020 to 2023. In the January 2023 cabinet reshuffle, she was promoted as the minister, and continued serving as minister in the new government under DPP ruling in 2024. After legislators Vicky Chen [zh] and Hung Yu-shiang [zh] accused Hsu of misusing travel funds throughout her tenure as deputy and head of OCAC, Hsu resigned from her post.

Personal life

Hsu married to Bo Tedards who is a citizen of the United States.

Her uncle is Hsu Kuo-yung, who is currently the host for the FTV News political program "National Bravest" since 2023 and former interior minister of Taiwan serving from 2018 to 2022.

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