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Preceded by
  
Wang Chien-fa

Nationality
  
Republic of China


Name
  
Chen Kuang-fu

Role
  
Politician

Chen Kuang-fu

Born
  
25 October 1955 (age 68) Huxi, Penghu, Taiwan (
1955-10-25
)

Political party
  
Democratic Progressive Party

Party
  
Democratic Progressive Party

Profiles

Chen Kuang-fu (Chinese: 陳光復; pinyin: Chén Guāngfù) is a politician in the Republic of China. He is the Magistrate of Penghu County since 25 December 2014.

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Early life

Chen was born at Shagang Village, Huxi Township, Penghu County on 25 October 1955.

Early career

Chen is the founder of the first distillery in Penghu. He also had pushed for direct flight between Penghu and Little Liuqiu in Pingtung County.

2005 Penghu County Magistracy election

Chen joined the 2005 Penghu County magistracy election under Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on 3 December 2005. However, he lost to Wang Chien-fa of the Kuomintang.

2008 Legislative Yuan election

On 12 January 2008, Chen joined the 2008 Republic of China legislative election as a DPP candidate from Penghu County constituency. However, he lost the election.

Magistrate campaign

In 2014, Chen joined election campaign for the position of Magistrte of Penghu County with his election slogan Leading Penghu, for your and my happiness. He called for the development of winter tourism, the restoration of marine resources, the revitalization of disused land, implementation of care for the elderly, reinvigorating free trade and the economy to create more jobs, ensuring priority airplane tickets for local residents, increase of medical facilities, promotion of cultural creative industry, protection of the rights of farmers, fishermen and laborers, conservation of cultural heritage and providing stability for teachers and civil servants.

Magistrate election

Chen was eventually elected as the Magistrate of Penghu County after winning the 2014 Penghu County magistrate election held on 29 November 2014.

Personal life

Chen's wife runs a free English-language cram school program.

References

Chen Kuang-fu Wikipedia