Chen Ting-fei (; born 19 July 1974) is a Taiwanese politician. A member of the

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a centre to centre-left Taiwanese nationalist political party in Taiwan. As the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition, one of the two main political camps in Taiwan, the DPP is currently the ...

(DPP), she has served as a member of the

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since 2008. Previously, she was a member of the

Tainan City Council The Tainan City Council (TNCC; ) is the elected municipal council of Tainan City, Republic of China that the council is composed of 57 councilors elected from Single non-transferable vote for four-year terms to oversees the Tainan City Govern ...

from 1998 to 2008.

Early life and education

Born in

Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and commonly called the "Taiwan Prefecture, ...

, Chen obtained her bachelor's degree from

Chinese Culture University The Chinese Culture University (CCU; ) is a private Taiwanese university located in Yangmingshan in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan. Established in 1962, CCU is one of the largest universities in Taiwan with an enrollment of about 32,000 student ...

in theater arts and earned a master's degree in business administration from

Chang Jung Christian University Chang Jung Christian University (CJCU; ) is a privately funded, research-intensive, Presbyterianism, Presbyterian, co-educational university located in Gueiren District, Gueiren, Tainan, Taiwan. Chang Jung means ''everlasting glory'' in Mandari ...

Political career

In 1998, Chen Ting-fei was elected as

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and served two terms from 1998 to 2008, before being elected into the

. Chen has been member of the Legislative Yuan since 2008, representing

. In September 2023, along with fellow legislators such as Chang Hung-lu, Chen traveled to the

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to join a

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march in support of Taiwan's bid to join the

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References

Living people Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan 1974 births Members of the 8th Legislative Yuan Members of the 9th Legislative Yuan Tainan Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 10th Legislative Yuan {{Taiwan-DPP-politician-stub