Paelabang Danapan

Paelabang Danapan (Chinese: 巴厄拉邦; born 18 December 1953), also known as Sun Ta-chuan (Chinese: 孫大川; pinyin: Sūn Dàchuān), 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]

Paelabang Danapan
Vice President of the Control Yuan
In office
1 August 2014 – 1 August 2020
PresidentChang Po-ya
Preceded byChen Jinn-lih
Minister of Council of Indigenous Peoples of the Republic of China
In office
10 September 2009 – 1 August 2013
DeputyHung Liang-chuan
Hsu Ming-yuan
Lin Chiang-yi
Preceded byChang Jen-hsiang
Succeeded byLin Chiang-yi
Personal details
Born18 December 1953 (1953-12-18) (age 68)
NationalityTaiwan
Alma materNational Taiwan University
Fu Jen Catholic University
Catholic University of Louvain

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.[3]

Early career

Before entering the political world, Paelabang Danapan was a professor at the National Chengchi University in Taipei.[4]

References
  1. "Minister". Council of Indigenous Peoples. Archived from the original on 2014-12-01. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  2. "Sun Ta-chuan, Minister, Council of Indigenous Peoples, Executive Yuan". Executive Yuan. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  3. "Vice President Mr. Sun Ta-chuan". Control Yuan. Archived from the original on 2017-10-21. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
  4. "Premier Wu Den-yih Takes Charge of Revamped Cabinet". Taiwan Review. 2009-01-11. Archived from the original on 2015-01-23. Retrieved 2014-08-22.


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