Chen Chen-hsiang | |
Native Name Lang: | zh-hant |
Office1: | Vice Chairperson of Kuomintang |
1Blankname1: | Chairperson |
1Namedata1: | Hung Hsiu-chu |
Term Start1: | 23 November 2016 |
Term End1: | 30 June 2017 |
Office2: | Member of Legislative Yuan |
Term Start2: | 1 February 2012 |
Term End2: | 31 January 2016 |
Constituency2: | Republic of China |
Office3: | Commander-in-chief, Republic of China Army |
Term Start3: | 1 February 1999 |
Term End3: | 31 January 2002 |
Birth Place: | Wuhu, Anhui |
Nationality: | Republic of China |
Party: | Kuomintang |
Branch: | Republic of China Army |
Rank: | General |
Chen Chen-hsiang (; 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]
Chen was part of a Kuomintang delegation which visited Beijing at the end of December 2016 to hold a dialogue with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The meeting with Taiwan Affairs Office Director Zhang Zhijun focused on exchanges between KMT and CCP 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]