James Chen Chien-chih (Chinese: 陳健治; pinyin: Chén Jiànzhì) is a Taiwanese politician.
James Chen Chen Chien-chih | |
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陳健治 | |
Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
In office 1 February 1999 – 31 January 2005 | |
Constituency | Party list |
Speaker of the Taipei City Council | |
In office 12 June 1989 – 24 December 1998 | |
Preceded by | Clement Chang |
Succeeded by | Wu Pi-chu |
Deputy speaker of the Taipei City Council | |
In office 25 December 1981 – 1 June 1989 | |
Preceded by | Clement Chang |
Succeeded by | Kuo Shih-chi |
Member of the Taipei City Council | |
In office 25 December 1969 – 25 December 1998 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | Kuomintang |
Alma mater | National Chengchi University Northeast Missouri State University |
Education
editChen graduated from National Chengchi University, and earned a master's degree from Northeast Missouri State University.[1][2][3]
Political career
editChen was elected to the Taipei City Council in 1969, and served until 1998.[1] From 1981 to 1989, Chen was deputy speaker of the Taipei City Council. He then became council speaker until 1998.[1] He contested the December 1998 Legislative Yuan election, and secured a party list seat as a member of the Kuomintang, taking office on 1 February 1999.[1] While serving on the Legislative Yuan, Chen held senior roles within the Kuomintang. He was deputy director of the policy committee,[4] and elected to the KMT's Central Standing Committee in 2000, after reforms of the body had been implemented.[5][6] Chen won reelection to the Legislative Yuan via the Kuomintang party list in 2001.[2][7] During the 2002 Taiwanese local elections, Chen led the Kuomintang's organizational development committee.[8] Chang Po-ya, who had sought the Pan-Blue Coalition's unified endorsement, withdrew from the nomination process in September 2002, criticized Chen for attacking her, and chose to contest the Kaohsiung mayoralty as an independent.[9] Chen offered to resign that position due to the disagreement over mayoral candidacy.[10] Chen's resignation was resubmitted and accepted after Chu An-hsiung won the Kaohsiung City Council speakership amid allegations of electoral fraud.[11][12][13] In 2005, Chen criticized Kuomintang chairmanship candidate Ma Ying-jeou for airing advertisements with allegations of corruption against outgoing chairman Lien Chan and Ma's opponent Wang Jin-pyng.[14]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Chen Chien-chih (4)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Chen Chien-chih (5)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "立法院". 立法院 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 23 July 2013.
- ^ Huang, Joyce (3 August 2000). "KMT undecided on all-party talks". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Hung, Chen-ling (13 June 2000). "KMT ready to shake up its executive". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Lin, Chieh-yu (26 December 2000). "Day of protest takes aim at Chen". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Low, Stephanie (30 September 2001). "KMT approves nominees". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Shih Ming-teh drops out of race". Taipei Times. 3 September 2002. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Hsu, Crystal (13 September 2002). "Chang Po-ya pulls out of pan-blue bid". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Editorial: Is political loyalty an oxymoron?". Taipei Times. 20 August 2002. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Huang, Sandy (6 January 2003). "James Chen calls it quits over speakership debacle". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Tsai, Ting-i (28 December 2002). "Mass raids seek Kaohsiung 'black gold'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Chang, Yun-Ping (27 December 2002). "KMT seeks to recall new Kaohsiung council speaker". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Wang supporters mad at corruption allegations in ad". Taipei Times. 1 July 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2020.