Chen Cheng-sheng | |
Native Name Lang: | zh-tw |
Honorific-Suffix: | MLY |
Order2: | Member of the Legislative Yuan |
Constituency2: | Changhua County |
Term Start2: | 1 February 1999 |
Term End2: | 31 January 2002 |
Birth Date: | 1950 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Wandan, Mingjian, Nantou County, Taiwan |
Nationality: | Republic of China |
Alma Mater: | Shih Hsin University National Chung Hsing University Tunghai University Chinese Culture University |
Occupation: | politician |
Chen Cheng-sheng (; born 26 January 1950) is a Taiwanese politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2002.
Chen attended Shih Hsin University, National Chung Hsing University, Tunghai University, and Chinese Culture University, where he received a doctorate in history.[1] [2]
After graduation, Chen worked for the Taiwan Provincial Government and grew close to Chiang Ching-kuo.[2] He represented the New Party in the 1997 Nantou County magistracy election, but withdrew from the party after losing to Peng Pai-hsien.[2] Chen was elected to the legislature as an independent in 1998.[2] [3] In 2000, he joined the People First Party and was named the PFP's caucus leader.[4] [5] Chen also served as the party's spokesperson.[6] In 2009, Chen ran for the Nantou County Magistracy as a Non-Partisan Solidarity Union candidate after his expulsion from the Kuomintang.[7] [8] He finished third in the election.[9] In August 2011, Chen was named the People First Party candidate for Taipei 6th district.[10] [11] He was linked to Hsu Hsin-ying in 2015,[12] who later split from the Kuomintang to found her own party, the Minkuotang.