Chen Che-nan

Chen Che-nan
MLY
陳哲男
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1987 – 1994
Constituency Kaohsiung
Acting Secretary-General to the President of the Republic of China
In office
1 August 2000 – 5 October 2000
Preceded by Chang Chun-hsiung
Succeeded by Yu Shyi-kun
Personal details
Born (1941-03-30) 30 March 1941
Nationality Taiwanese
Political party Independent (2005–present)
Other political
affiliations		 Kuomintang (until 1992)
Democratic Progressive Party (1993–2005)
Children Chen Chi-mai
Occupation Politician

Chen Che-nan (Chinese: 陳哲男; born 30 March 1941) is a Taiwanese politician. He served in the Legislative Yuan from 1987 to 1994.

Early life and career

Born in 1941 during Japanese rule, Chen was an elementary school teacher prior to a career in politics.[1]

Political career

In the 1970s, Chen began his political career in the Kaohsiung City Government.[1] He was elected to the Legislative Yuan for the first time in 1986, and stepped down in 1994, in the midst of a term. Chen then served the Taipei City Government and mayor Chen Shui-bian in multiple positions, until joining the ROC Presidential Office in 2000, where he continued advising Chen Shui-bian.

Controversy

Chen was expelled from the Kuomintang on 2 December 1992,[2] after becoming increasingly critical of party leaders.[1] His expulsion from the party happened in the midst of a legislative election, but occurred too late for the KMT to officially pull their support of him.[3] Listed on the ballot as a KMT candidate for Kaohsiung,[3] he won and took office nonetheless.[2] Despite expulsion, Chen's vote share was still allocated to the KMT for the purposes of determining party list proportional representation.[3] He joined the Democratic Progressive Party the next year.[1] Businessman Chen You-hao named Chen Che-nan as one of the people who helped Chen Shui-bian solicit donations for Chen Shui-bian's 1998 Taipei mayoral campaign and the 2000 presidential campaign.[4] In a separate case also involving black gold politics, Chen Che-nan was found to have used his political influence to secure favorable court rulings for businessman Liang Po-hsun. The Taipei District Court ruled in December 2006 that Chen was to serve twelve years in prison.[5] An appeal to the Taiwan High Court shortened the sentence to nine years.[6]

Chen Che-nan was deeply involved in the 2005 Kaohsiung MRT foreign workers scandal.[7][8] This led to his expulsion from the Democratic Progressive Party later that year. Chen also lost an Order of Brilliant Star, awarded in 2002, and an Order of Propitious Clouds, awarded in 2004.[9][10] As a further consequence of the scandal, Chen left his post as national policy adviser.[11] In 2007, the Kaohsiung District Court dropped all corruption charges against Chen.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Chiu, Yu-Tzu (7 November 2005). "KRTC Scandal: From A-bian's career builder to troublemaker". Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 Yu, Susan (22 December 1992). "KMT maintains power grip; DPP grows stronger". Taiwan Today. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Peng, Tammy C. (8 December 1992). "KMT expels candidate, keeps votes". Taiwan Today. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  4. ↑ Ko, Shu-ling (3 February 2004). "Fugitive says Chen took his donations". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Chen Che-nan gets 12-year sentence". China Post. 14 December 2006. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "High Court cuts sentence for former top Chen aide". Taipei Times. 27 June 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Huang, Jewel; Shih, Hsiu-chuan (29 October 2005). "Chen Che-nan scandal deepens". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  8. ↑ Mo, Yan-chih; Wang, Flora (26 December 2006). "Hau Lung-bin, Chen Chu take office". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  9. ↑ Ko, Shu-ling (4 November 2005). "President strips Chen of medals". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  10. ↑ Huang, Jewel; Chiu, Yu-tzu (31 October 2005). "Expulsion of Chen Che-nan finalized by apologetic DPP". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  11. ↑ Chiu, Yu-tzu (6 October 2005). "President accepts advisers' resignations". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  12. ↑ Chuang, Jimmy (25 August 2007). "Court clears Chen Che-nan of KRTC corruption". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
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