Chen Kuang-fu

Chen Kuang-fu
陳光復
Magistrate of Penghu County
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 December 2014
Preceded by Wang Chien-fa
Personal details
Born 25 October 1955 (age 59)
Huxi, Penghu, Taiwan[1]
Nationality  Republic of China
Political party Democratic Progressive Party

Chen Kuang-fu (Chinese: 陳光復; pinyin: Chén Guāngfù) is a politician in the Republic of China. He is the Magistrate of Penghu County since 25 December 2014.[2]

Early career

Chen is the founder of the first distillery in Penghu. He also had pushed for direct flight between Penghu and Little Liuqiu in Pingtung County.

Political career

2005 Penghu County Magistracy election

Chen joined the 2005 Penghu County magistracy election under Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on 3 December 2005. However, he lost to Wang Chien-fa of the Kuomintang.[3]

2005 Penghu County Magistrate Election Result
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Chen Kuang-fu DPP23,964 48.16%
2Wang Chien-fa KMT25,223 50.69%

2008 Legislative Yuan election

On 12 January 2008, Chen joined the 2008 Republic of China legislative election as a DPP candidate from Penghu County constituency. However, he lost the election.

No. Candidate Party Votes Ratio
1 Ou Jhong Kai (歐中慨) Independent 3,373 8.74%
2 Huang Jhong Yang (黃中陽) Dadao Compassion Jishih Party (大道慈悲濟世黨) 300 0.78%
3 Chen Kuang-fu Democratic Progressive Party 15,356 39.77%
4 Li Bing Kun (林炳坤) Non-Partisan Solidarity Union 19,584 50.71%

Magistrate of Penghu County

Magistrate campaign

In 2014, Chen joined election campaign for the position of Magistrte of Penghu County with his election slogan Leading Penghu, for your and my happiness. He called for the development of winter tourism, the restoration of marine resources, the revitalization of disused land, implementation of care for the elderly, reinvigorating free trade and the economy to create more jobs, ensuring priority airplan tickets for local residents, increase of medical facilities, promotion of cultural creative industry, protection of the rights of farmers, fishermen and laborers, conservation of cultural heritage and providing stability for teachers and civil servants.[4]

Magistrate election

Election result map between Chen and his opponent Su Kun-hsiung (蘇崑雄)

Chen was eventually elected as the Magistrate of Penghu County after winning the 2014 Penghu County magistrate election held on 29 November 2014.[5]

2014 Penghu County Magistrate Election Result
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Chen Kuang-fu DPP29,164 55.34%
2Su Kun-hsiung (蘇崑雄) KMT23,533 44.66%

Personal life

Chen's wife runs a free English-language cram school program.

See also

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