| Chen Ding-nan, LL.B. | |
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| 9th Magistrate of Yilan County | |
| In office December 20, 1981 – December 20, 1989 |
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| Preceded by | Lee Feng-ming |
| Succeeded by | Yu Shyi-kun |
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| Born | September 29, 1943 Yilan, Taiwan |
| Died | November 5, 2006 (aged 63) Taipei, Taiwan |
| Nationality | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Alma mater | National Taiwan University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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| Traditional Chinese | 陳定南 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈定南 | ||||||||
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Chen Ding-Nan (September 29, 1943 – November 5, 2006) was a Taiwanese politician.
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As a Yilan County native, Chen received a bachelor's degree in Law from the National Taiwan University in 1966. After graduation Chen ran various business in Yilan. After the Kaohsiung incident, Chen became active in politics as he started to participate in the tangwai movement.
Chen was elected as the Magistrate of Yilan County in 1981 and became the first non-Kuomintang Yilan County Magistrate. During his term Chen accumulated accolades for his fine administration and was re-elected again in 1985.
After his second term ended Chen ran for a seat in the Legislative Yuan in the Yilan County electoral district and successfully won for 4 consecutive times (1989, 1992, 1995 and 1998) until appointed as the Minister of Justice on May 20, 2000 by then just-elected President Chen Shui-bian.
Meantime, he also ran unsuccessfully for the Governor of Taiwan Province in 1994 and was defeated by James Soong. Originally an independent, Chen joined the Democratic Progressive Party in 1993 and stayed with the party until his death.
He served as Minister of Justice in the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration from 2000 until January 31, 2005. In late 2005 he campaigned for the Yilan County magistrate again but was defeated by the Kuomintang's Lu Kuo-hua (呂國華).
Since April 2006, Chen's health condition worsened and was frequently hospitalized for advanced lung cancer. He died in the National Taiwan University Hospital on November 5, 2006, aged 63.[1]
Chen was known as Mr. Clean (陳青天) as he fought against corruption and established the Black Gold Investigation Center.[2] The Chen Ding-nan Foundation, established to commemorate Chen, proposes to build a memorial hall for him in his hometown Yilan. About 150,000 New Taiwan dollars were raised for the memorial hall. Frank Hsieh, the ROC presidential candidate for the Democratic Progressive Party, also donated 20,000 NTD.[3]
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| Preceded by Lee Feng-ming |
Magistrate of Yilan County 1981–1989 |
Succeeded by Yu Shyi-kun |
| Preceded by Ye Jinfeng |
ROC Minister of Justice 2000–2005 |
Succeeded by Shi Maolin |