James Chen
Chen Chien-chih
陳健治
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1999 – 31 January 2005
ConstituencyParty list
Speaker of the Taipei City Council
In office
12 June 1989 – 24 December 1998
Preceded byClement Chang
Succeeded byWu Pi-chu
Deputy speaker of the Taipei City Council
In office
25 December 1981 – 1 June 1989
Preceded byClement Chang
Succeeded byKuo Shih-chi
Member of the Taipei City Council
In office
25 December 1969 – 25 December 1998
Personal details
Political partyKuomintang
Alma materNational Chengchi University
Northeast Missouri State University

James Chen Chien-chih (Chinese: 陳健治; pinyin: Chén Jiànzhì) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education

Chen graduated from National Chengchi University, and earned a master's degree from Northeast Missouri State University.[1][2][3]

Political career

Chen 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Chen Chien-chih (4)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Chen Chien-chih (5)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "立法院". 立法院 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 23 July 2013.
  4. ↑ Huang, Joyce (3 August 2000). "KMT undecided on all-party talks". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  5. ↑ Hung, Chen-ling (13 June 2000). "KMT ready to shake up its executive". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  6. ↑ Lin, Chieh-yu (26 December 2000). "Day of protest takes aim at Chen". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  7. ↑ Low, Stephanie (30 September 2001). "KMT approves nominees". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  8. ↑ "Shih Ming-teh drops out of race". Taipei Times. 3 September 2002. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  9. ↑ Hsu, Crystal (13 September 2002). "Chang Po-ya pulls out of pan-blue bid". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  10. ↑ "Editorial: Is political loyalty an oxymoron?". Taipei Times. 20 August 2002. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  11. ↑ Huang, Sandy (6 January 2003). "James Chen calls it quits over speakership debacle". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  12. ↑ Tsai, Ting-i (28 December 2002). "Mass raids seek Kaohsiung 'black gold'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  13. ↑ Chang, Yun-Ping (27 December 2002). "KMT seeks to recall new Kaohsiung council speaker". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  14. ↑ "Wang supporters mad at corruption allegations in ad". Taipei Times. 1 July 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
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