Andrew Hsia

In this Chinese name, the family name is Hsia.
Andrew Hsia
Hsia Li-yan
夏立言
Vice Chairman of the Kuomintang
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 October 2021
Serving with Huang Min-hui, Sean Lien
ChairpersonEric Chu
Preceded byHau Lung-pin, Tseng Yung-chuan
Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council
In office
16 February 2015 – 20 May 2016
DeputyLin Chu-chia, Shih Hui-fen, Wu Mei-hung
Lin Chu-chia, Shih Hui-fen
Preceded byWang Yu-chi
Succeeded byKatharine Chang
Deputy Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China
In office
22 October 2013 – February 2015
MinisterYen Ming
Preceded byAndrew Yang
Succeeded byChen Yeong-kang
Taiwanese Representative to Indonesia
In office
December 2009[1] – 22 October 2013
Preceded byTimothy Yang[2]
Succeeded byChang Liang-jen[3][4]
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
20 May 2008 – 16 September 2009
MinisterFrancisco Ou
Succeeded byShen Lyu-hsun[5]
Taiwanese Representative to India
In office
June 2007 – 2008
Taiwanese Representative to the United States
In office
2001 – June 2007
Succeeded byKenneth Liao[6]
Taiwanese Deputy Representative to Canada
In office
1996–1998
Personal details
Born24 December 1950 (1950-12-24) (age 73)
Taipei, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
EducationFu Jen Catholic University (LLB)
National Chengchi University (MA)
University of Oxford (LLM)
University College London (LLM)

Andrew Hsia (Chinese: 夏立言; pinyin: Xià Lìyán; born 24 December 1950) is a Taiwanese politician who is a vice chairman of the Kuomintang. He was minister of the Mainland Affairs Council from February 2015 to May 2016, and was chairman of the Association of Foreign Relations (AFR) from 2017 to 2022. Since 2023, he continues to serve on the AFR Board as managing supervisor.

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