Xie Yingzhou

Xie Yingzhou
Tạ Doanh Châu
Vice President of the Judicial Yuan
In office July 1966 – 20 April 1972
President	Xie Guansheng Tien Chung-chin
Preceded by	Fu Bingchang
Succeeded by	Tai Yen-hui
President of theSupreme Court of the Republic of China
In office 13 July 1948 – 1966
Preceded by	Xia Qin
Succeeded by	Zha Liang gian
Personal details
Born	1894 Tsungfa,Kwangtung,China
Died	(1972-04-20)20 April 1972 Taipei,Taiwan
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Kuomintang
Spouse	Gao Yicha
Alma mater	University of Paris

Xie Yingzhou(Chinese:Tạ Doanh Châu;1894–1972) was a Chinese-born jurist.

Career

Xie Yingzhou was born in 1894 to accountant Xie Weinan, who later served on theGuangdong Advisory Council.Xie's courtesy name was Xianting.He was educated inTsungfa,and completed secondary education elsewhere inGuangdongandShanghai.Xie married Gao Yicha at the age of 20, then left for France, where he pursued legal studies at theUniversity of Paris.

Xie returned to China in 1924, joined theKuomintang,and was offered a position on the faculty of law atNational Guangdong Universityby school presidentZou Lu.

The next year, Xie was named to positions within the Guangdong branch of the Kuomintang, working alongsideGu Ying-fen.In 1927, Xie began teaching at theRepublic of China Military Academy,National Central University in Nankingand thePeking University Law School.On 6 November 1928, Xie started working at theExamination Yuan.That December, he transferred to theMinistry of Justice,where he remained until 1932. He was then named a member of the Guangdong Provincial Government, serving as provincial minister of education from 1933. In February 1935, Xie was appointed to theGuangdong High Court.He retired from the bench in 1937. His judgeship overlapped with his stint as dean of the Guangdong School of Law and as a member of theSouthwestern Government Affairs Committee,which he left in November 1936 to take a position at theNational Audit Office.He remained at the National Audit Office until September 1945.

Subsequently, Xie returned to the Ministry of Justice until he was elected to the presidium of theNational Assemblyin 1947. Shortly after Xie was seated, he was named secretary general of theTaiwan Provincial Government,serving between 18 September 1947 and 20 July 1948. On 13 July 1948, Xie became president of theSupreme Court.

Xie moved to Taiwan in October 1949, and taught law atNational Taiwan University,National Chengchi University,andSoochow University.He remained president of the supreme court until 1966. After the death ofFu Bingchang,Xie succeeded him as vice president of theJudicial Yuan.Xie died in Taipei on 20 April 1972, and was replaced byTai Yen-hui.

Xie's grandsonMing HsiehfoundedCogent Systems.