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Preceded by
  
Yu Shyi-kun

Nationality
  
Taiwanese

Succeeded by
  
Chiou I-jen

Preceded by
  
Zhang Junhong

Name
  
Chen Shimeng

Succeeded by
  
Chiang Peng-chien


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Born
  
August 4, 1948 (age 76) Maryland, United States (
1948-08-04
)

Political party
  
Independent politician

Chen Shimeng (simplified Chinese: 陈师孟; traditional Chinese: 陳師孟; pinyin: Chén Shīmèng; born 4 August 1948) is a Taiwanese economics scholar and politician. Chen supported the independence of Taiwan.

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Biography

Chen was born in Maryland, United States, on August 4, 1948, to Chen Chi, a Taiwanese agronomist. His grandfather, Chen Bulei, was an official in the Nationalist government. In 1970 he graduated from National Taiwan University, majoring in economics. He earned his Doctor of Economics from Ohio State University in 1978.

Chen joined the Kuomintang in 1966 and quit the party in 1991, at the same year, he joined the Democratic Progressive Party. In 1992, Chen joined the Goa-Seng-Lang Association For Taiwan Independence. He was Secretary General of the Democratic Progressive Party in February 1992, and held that office until September 1992.

Chen once served as Vice-Mayor of Taipei, while Chen Shui-bian was its Mayor. He became the Vice-President of the Central Bank of the Republic of China in 2000. In 2002 he became Secretary General of the Office of the President of the Republic of China, a position he held until 2003. From 2003 to 2004, he was President of Ketagalan Institute.

Now he is a professor at National Taiwan University.

References

Chen Shimeng Wikipedia


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