Michael Tsai

Michael Tsai
Tsai Ming-shian
蔡明憲
Tsai in June 2016
26th Minister of National Defense
In office
25 February 2008 – 19 May 2008
Preceded byLee Tien-yu
Succeeded byChen Chao-min
Vice Minister of National Defense
In office
9 June 2004 – 25 February 2008
MinisterLee Jye
Lee Tien-yu
Deputy ROC Representative to the United States
In office
April 2002 – 9 June 2004
Serving with Shen Lyu-shun
RepresentativeChen Chien-jen
Preceded byLee Ying-yuan
Succeeded byStanley Kao
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1996 – 31 January 2002
ConstituencyTaichung
Member of the National Assembly
In office
1 February 1992 – 31 January 1996
Personal details
Born (1941-08-09) 9 August 1941 (age 83)
Taichū Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan
NationalityTaiwanese
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Democratic Progressive Party (until 2019)
EducationNational Taiwan University (LLB)
University of Wisconsin—Madison (MBA)
California Western School of Law (JD)

Michael Tsai (Chinese: 蔡明憲; pinyin: Cài Míngxiàn; born 9 August 1941) is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer.