| James Chen Chen Chien-chih | |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-tw |
| Office: | Member of the Legislative Yuan |
| Term Start: | 1 February 1999 |
| Term End: | 31 January 2005 |
| Constituency: | Party list |
| Office2: | Speaker of the Taipei City Council |
| Term Start2: | 12 June 1989 |
| Term End2: | 24 December 1998 |
| Predecessor2: | Clement Chang |
| Office3: | Deputy speaker of the Taipei City Council |
| Term Start3: | 25 December 1981 |
| Term End3: | 1 June 1989 |
| Predecessor3: | Clement Chang |
| Office4: | Member of the Taipei City Council |
| Term Start4: | 25 December 1969 |
| Term End4: | 25 December 1998 |
| Party: | Kuomintang |
| Alma Mater: | National Chengchi University Northeast Missouri State University |
James Chen Chien-chih is a Taiwanese politician.
Chen graduated from National Chengchi University, and earned a master's degree from Northeast Missouri State University.[1] [2] [3]
Chen was elected to the Taipei City Council in 1969, and served until 1998.[1] From 1981 to 1989, Chen was deputy speaker of the Taipei City Council. He then became council speaker until 1998.[1] He contested the December 1998 Legislative Yuan election, and secured a party list seat as a member of the Kuomintang, taking office on 1 February 1999.[1] While serving on the Legislative Yuan, Chen held senior roles within the Kuomintang. He was deputy director of the policy committee,[4] and elected to the KMT's Central Standing Committee in 2000, after reforms of the body had been implemented.[5] [6] Chen won reelection to the Legislative Yuan via the Kuomintang party list in 2001.[2] [7] During the 2002 Taiwanese local elections, Chen led the Kuomintang's organizational development committee.[8] Chang Po-ya, who had sought the Pan-Blue Coalition's unified endorsement, withdrew from the nomination process in September 2002, criticized Chen for attacking her, and chose to contest the Kaohsiung mayoralty as an independent.[9] Chen offered to resign that position due to the disagreement over mayoral candidacy.[10] Chen's resignation was resubmitted and accepted after won the Kaohsiung City Council speakership amid allegations of electoral fraud.[11] [12] [13] In 2005, Chen criticized Kuomintang chairmanship candidate Ma Ying-jeou for airing advertisements with allegations of corruption against outgoing chairman Lien Chan and Ma's opponent Wang Jin-pyng.[14]