(Kaohsiung, Taiwan/ March 6, 2004) The Democratic Progressive Party announces the appointment of Hon. Bi-Khim Hsiao, MP, Director of the DPP International Affairs Department, as the Secretary General of the Council of Asian Liberals & Democrats. The DPP is the current chair party of CALD. Ms. Hsiao replaces the Hon. Alongkorn Ponlaboot, MP, of the Democrat Party of Thailand.
Ms. Bi-khim Hsiao is one of the youngest female politicians in current Taiwanese politics. Before becoming a legislator, Hon. Hsiao served as an advisor and interpreter to President Chen for almost two years. She was also a consultant to the Mainland Affairs Council. Before joining the current administration, Ms. Hsiao was the director of the Department of International Affairs at the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), a position that was given to her once more. During her first term at the DPP, she was the youngest director at the DPP Headquarters.
Ms. Hsiao excels in international affairs and began her political career in the DPP’s Washington D.C. Office as a program coordinator. During the 1996 Cross-Strait Crisis, as a graduate student, she mobilized overseas Taiwanese students to protest against China’s missile threats. Ms. Hsiao received her Master’s Degree in political science from Columbia University and a degree in East Asian studies from Oberlin College in the United States.
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