Chen Ming-Wen

Chen Ming-Wen (陳明文) (born May 13, 1955), a Taiwanese politician, and a member of Legislative Yuan of Republic of China.^[1]

In 1977, upon his graduation from National Chiayi University, he was elected to the Chiayi County Council as a councilor. In 1981, Chen was elected as the Chairman of the Chiayi County Council at age 27, the youngest chairman in the history of Republic of China. Later he was elected to the Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council in 1985, while completing his degree in philosophy at Tokai University, and won subsequent elections twice in 1989 and 1994, and was again elected a legislator (equivalent to a senator) to the Legislative Yuan (Senate) in 1998. Chen Ming-Wen served as the Magistrate of Chiayi Prefecture from 2001 to 2008, with a satisfactory rate over 60% upon retiring his office. He is now a member of the Legislative Yuan and of the Central Standing Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party. Chen is most often received as the next generation leader of the DPP, ranked after former premier Su Tseng-Chang and the party chairman Tsai Ing-wen.

References

1. ^ "KMT bungles yet another by-election losing 3 of 4 seats". The China Post. 1 March 2010. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/editorial/taiwan-issues/2010/03/01/246309/KMT-bungles.htm. Retrieved 14 January 2011.