{{Short description|Taiwanese biochemist, pharmacist, and politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Dang Tion-sin | native_name = {{no bold|{{lang|zh-hans|陳重信}}}} | image = | caption = | order1 = | office1 = Minister of Environmental Protection Administration of the Republic of China | deputy1 = | term_start1 = 20 May 2007 | term_end1 = 20 May 2008 | predecessor1 = Chang Kuo-long | successor1 = Stephen Shen | order2 = | office2 = Member of the Legislative Yuan | constituency2 = Overseas Chinese | term_start2 = 1 February 2005 | term_end2 = 20 May 2007 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = Chen Tung-jung | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1943}} | birth_place = | party = Democratic Progressive Party | spouse = | children = | signature = | education = Taipei Medical University (BS)<br />Columbia University (MS)<br />City University of New York (PhD)<br />Harvard University (MPH) }}
'''Dang Tion-sin''' ({{lang-zh|c=陳重信|p=Chén Zhòngxìn|poj=Tân Tiông-sìn}}; born 1943), also known by his English name '''Winston Dang''', is a Taiwanese biochemist, pharmacist, and politician who is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party. He was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2004, and served through 2007, when he was appointed leader of the Environmental Protection Administration. He stepped down from the agency in 2008.
==Education== Dang graduated from Taipei Medical University with a Bachelor of Science in pharmacy in 1967. He then completed advanced studies in the United States, earning a Master of Science (M.S.) in pharmacology from Columbia University in 1970 and his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the City University of New York in 1974. In 1989, Dang earned a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health of Harvard University.<ref name="WashingtonInternational">{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtoninternational.com/cf/news.cfm?showpage=439|first=Hugh S.|last=Galford|title=The Over-Educated Garbage Man: Minister Winston Dang of Taiwan's Environmental Protection Administration|work=Washington International|date=August 2007|accessdate=2013-02-13}}</ref>
==Career== Dang worked for the United States Environmental Protection Agency,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Woodworth |first1=Max |title=Environmental index puts Taiwan at bottom of the heap |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2005/02/20/2003223889 |accessdate=29 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=20 February 2005}}</ref> prior to his return to Taiwan and election to the Legislative Yuan as a Democratic Progressive Party representative of overseas Chinese.<ref>{{cite news |title=Winston Dang (6) |url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=11709 |accessdate=29 June 2020 |agency=Legislative Yuan}}</ref>
Dang was appointed head of the Environmental Protection Administration by Chen Shui-bian after the 2004 elections, and Dang renounced his U.S. citizenship to take up the position.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2008/new/mar/14/today-p9-2.htm|title=中選會︰立委雙重國籍 當選無效|work=Liberty Times|date=2008-03-14|accessdate=2013-02-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2005/05/04/E5-2151/quarterly-publication-of-individuals-who-have-chosen-to-expatriate-as-required-by-section-6039g|author=Angie Kaminski, Internal Revenue Service|title=Quarterly Publication of Individuals, Who Have Chosen To Expatriate, as Required by Section 6039G|journal=Federal Register|volume=70|page=23295|date=2005-05-04|accessdate=2013-02-12}}</ref> His work as minister earned him the nickname "the over-educated garbage man".<ref name="WashingtonInternational"/> He served in the position until 2008, when he was succeeded by Stephen Shen.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lu |first1=Meggie |title=New EPA minister vows to work with outside groups |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2008/05/20/2003412418 |accessdate=29 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=20 May 2008}}</ref>
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