Preceded by Li Ya-ching Children Chen Kuan-ting | Name Chen Ming-wen Nationality Republic of China | |
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Education National Chiayi University People also search for Helen Chang, Ker Chien-ming, Su Chia-chyuan | ||
Chen Ming-wen (Chinese: 陳明文; pinyin: Chén Míngwén) (born May 13, 1955) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Chiayi County Magistrate from 2001 to 2009, until his election to the Legislative Yuan, where he has served since 2008.
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 to the Legislative Yuan in 1998. Chen Ming-Wen served as the Magistrate of Chiayi County 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.