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Chen Chao-ming (; born 17 December 1951) is a Taiwanese politician.


Education

Chen attended elementary school in
Zhunan Zhunan Township is an urban township in northern Miaoli County, Taiwan. Its city centre forms a continuous urban area with Toufen. Name Literally, ''Zhúnán'' () means "bamboo south" but in this context, ''zhú'' is short for " Hsinchu". T ...
, middle school in Toufen, and graduated from . Subsequently, Chen studied public administration at
National Chengchi University National Chengchi University () is a public research university in Taipei. The university is also considered as the earliest public service training facility of the Republic of China. First established in Nanjing in 1927, the university was subs ...
.


Political career

Chen was elected to the Legislative Yuan as an independent in 1998 and served until 2002. He joined the Democratic Progressive Party for the 2004 election cycle, but did not win. In 2011, Chen was named
Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...
candidate for Miaoli County, and won. He retained his seat in the 2016 elections, defeating former legislators Tu Wen-ching and
Kang Shih-ju Kang Shih-ju (; born 16 January 1964) is a Taiwanese politician. Political career Kang chose to run as an independent in the January 2008 legislative elections, after losing the Kuomintang nomination to Lee Yi-ting Lee Yi-ting () is a Taiwanes ...
. In his 2020 legislative campaign, Chen again received support from the Kuomintang. Chen's Kuomintang membership was suspended in August 2020, after he was detained and questioned regarding a legal case involving allegations of bribery. The Taipei District Court ruled in July 2022 that Chen had violated the Anti-Corruption Act, sentenced him to seven years and eight months imprisonment, and seized NT$1 million from him.


References

1951 births Living people Miaoli County Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 4th Legislative Yuan Members of the 8th Legislative Yuan Members of the 9th Legislative Yuan Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Members of the 10th Legislative Yuan Taiwanese politicians convicted of corruption {{Taiwan-KMT-politician-stub