Chen Hsiu-ching | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MLY |
Office1: | Member of the Legislative Yuan |
Term Start1: | 1 February 2005 |
Term End1: | 22 April 2011 |
Successor1: | Wang Huei-mei |
Constituency1: | Changhua County→Changhua County 1st |
Birth Date: | 1950 10, df=y |
Birth Place: | Changhua County, Taiwan |
Death Place: | Lukang, Changhua, Taiwan |
Nationality: | Taiwanese |
Party: | Kuomintang |
Chen Hsiu-ching (; 25 October 1950 – 22 April 2011) was a Taiwanese politician.
She earned an Executive Master of Business Administration degree from Changhua Normal University and was first elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2004.[1] [2] She won reelection against Chen Chin-ting of the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union in 2008, winning 44.96% of the vote.[3] The Congress Watch Foundation rated Chen Hsiu-ching one of the worst legislators in July 2008.[4] In 2009, she opposed an amendment to the Nationality Act proposed by Wu Yu-sheng that would have barred people holding permanent residency in another country from running for public office in Taiwan.[5] Chen died in office at the age of 60 on 22 April 2011, of adenocarcinoma of the lung.[6]
Outside of politics, Chen also served as spokesperson for the Kuang Feng Farmers' Association,[7] and frequently played the role of Mazu on television.[8]