Chen Shui-bian

Quick Facts

Full Name	Chen Shui-bian
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Oct 12, 1950(1950-10-12)
Age	74
Birthplace	Guantian District
Country	Taiwan
Birth City	Tainan
Horoscope	Libra

Chen Shui-bian Biography

Chen Shui-bian is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on October 12, 1950 in Guantian District, Tainan, Taiwan. Chen Shui-bian (Chinese: Chen Shui Bian (pinyin: Chen Shiibian Peh-oe-ji: Tan Choi-pin born on the 12th of October, 1950) is a retired Taiwanese politician and lawyer who was the president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2000 until the year 2008. Chen was the first president to be from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that ended Kuomintang’s (KMT) 55 years of uninterrupted control in Taiwan. Chen is often known as”A-Bian” (A Bian , A Bian Zi; Abian and A-pin-a ).

From 1976 to 1989 Chen became a partner at Formosa International Marine and Commercial Law with a focus on maritime insurance. He was in charge of the firm’s portfolio in the name of Evergreen Marine Corporation.

A lawyer, Chen entered politics in 1980 during the Kaohsiung Incident as a member of the Tangwai movement and was elected to the Taipei City Council in

1981. He was jailed in 1985 for libel as the editor of the weekly pro- democracy magazine Neo-Formosa, following publication of an article critical of Elmer Fung, a college philosophy professor who was later elected a Kuomintang legislator. After being released, Chen helped found the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in 1986 and was elected a member of the Legislative Yuan in 1989, and Mayor of Taipei in 1994.

Chen won a seat in the Taipei City Council as a Tangwai candidate in 1981 and served until 1985. In 1984, he founded the pro-opposition Civil Servant Public Policy Research Association, which published a magazine called Neo-Formosa.

He was married in 1975. got married to Wu Shu-chen who was the daughter of a doctor. The couple has one daughter, Chen Hsing-yu she is a doctor and Chen Chih-chung is their son who, having earned the law degree in Taiwan earned an Master of Laws from the University of California, Berkeley in 2005.

Chen Shui-bian Net Worth

Chen Shui-bian is one of the richest Politician from Taiwan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Chen Shui-bian 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Chen was born into an impoverished tenant farming family from Zhao’an Minnanese ethnicity from Guantian Township of Tainan County (now part of Tainan City) on the second day of the ninth lunar month of 1950, but was not officially granted birth certificates on February 18, 1951 due to of doubts as to whether he could be able to survive.

Chen learned to speak Mandarin Chinese, which had taken over Japanese as Taiwan’s official language since the end in the Japanese government of Taiwan. At an early age He graduated from the highly regarded National Tainan First Senior High School with distinction. Then, in the summer of 1969 received his admission into National Taiwan University. At first, he was an Business Administration major, he changed to Law during his first year, and was later the editor of the law journal. He passed his bar exam prior to the end in his senior year and received the highest score, becoming Taiwan’s youngest attorney. The year 1974 was the first time he received an LL.B. with a concentration in Commercial Law.

Chen became involved in politics in 1980 when he defended the participants of the Kaohsiung Incident in a military court. While his client Huang Hsin-chieh, the leading opposition dissident, and seven co-defendants, including his future Vice President Annette Lu, were found guilty, Chen came to be known for his forceful and colorful arguments. He has stated that it was during this period that he realized the unfairness of the political system in Taiwan and became politically active as a member of the Tangwai movement.

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Who is Chen Shui-bian Dating?

According to our records, Chen Shui-bian married to Wu Shu-chen. As of December 1, 2023, Chen Shui-bian’s is not dating anyone.

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Despite receiving more votes both in absolute and in percentage terms than his 1994 campaign, Chen lost this position in 1998 to the KMT’s Ma Ying-jeou in large part because the KMT was able to gain the support of New Party supporters. In his first autobiography, “The Son of Taiwan”, Chen wrote that he was not entirely upset about losing the reelection as it gave him opportunity to find out what areas in his political career he could improve. For example, he wrote that Mainlanders generally approved of his social and economic improvements in Taipei, but they ultimately voted for Ma because of ethnic tensions.

Facts & Trivia

Chen Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Taiwan. Chen Shui-bian celebrates birthday on October 12 of every year.

There have been two interpretations of Chen’s actions during the election in terms of independence politics. The first is that he is ideologically committed to advancing Taiwan independence and that his actions are intended to systematically remove the constraints which prevent this from occurring. Seen in this light, his actions are intended to provoke a crisis in which the PRC must either start a war or accept independence, with the expectation that the PRC would back down. Ironically, this interpretation of his actions is shared both among his most fervent supporters (who think it is a good thing) and his most bitter opponents (who think that it is a bad thing). It is largely to counter this possibility that the PRC has issued statements that it will definitely go to war if certain red lines are crossed. However, they in reality carry little meaning, as Beijing has made such statements warning against electing former President Lee and Chen in the 1996 and 2000 elections, which both failed to materialize. Some people regard these statements now as reverse psychology, as Lee and Chen may help to weaken ROC and advance the unification process.