Chen Chen-hsiang

Chen Chen-hsiang
陳鎮湘

General Chen Chen-hsiang in army service uniform
Vice Chairperson of Kuomintang
Assumed office
23 November 2016
Chairperson Hung Hsiu-chu
Member of Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2012 – 31 January 2016
Constituency Republic of China
Commander-in-chief, Republic of China Army
In office
1 February 1999 – 31 January 2002
Personal details
Born 10 October 1942 (1942-10-10) (age 74)
Wuhu, Anhui
Nationality Republic of China
Political party Kuomintang
Military service
Service/branch Republic of China Army
Rank General

Chen Chen-hsiang (Chinese: 陳鎮湘; pinyin: Chén Zhènxiāng; born 10 October 1942) is a Taiwanese politician and a retired army general. He served as the Army Commander-in-chief before retirement, and elected into the Eighth Legislative Yuan from 2012 to 2016 and has been the Vice Chairperson of Kuomintang (KMT) since 23 November 2016.[1]

Kuomintang

Chen as a legislator of Kuomintang.

2016 Beijing visit

Chen was part of a Kuomintang delegation which visited Beijing at the end of December 2016 to hold a dialogue with the Communist Party of China (CPC). The meeting with Taiwan Affairs Office Director Zhang Zhijun focused on exchanges between KMT and CPC officials, exchanges between young people between the two sides and protection of the people's rights and interests.[2] They attended a trade fair on 24 December 2016 to promote agricultural products and tourism from Hualien County, Hsinchu County, Kinmen County, Lienchiang County, Miaoli County, Nantou County, New Taipei City and Taitung County.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Chen, Chen-Hsiang". Legislative Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan). Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Liu, Claudia; Low, Y.F. (20 December 2016). "KMT vice chairman to visit Beijing for dialogue with CPC". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Liu, Claudia; Huang, Romulo (21 December 2016). "KMT delegation set to visit Beijing". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
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