Chen Hung-chang | |
Native Name Lang: | zh-hant |
Term Start2: | 1 February 1996 |
Term End2: | 31 January 2005 |
Constituency2: | Taipei County 2 |
Order1: | Member of the Legislative Yuan |
Term Start1: | 1 February 1993 |
Term End1: | 31 January 1996 |
Constituency1: | Taipei County |
Birth Date: | 2 March 1956 |
Birth Place: | Taiwan |
Party: | Independent |
Otherparty: | Kuomintang (until 2019) |
Nationality: | Republic of China |
Alma Mater: | Sze Hai College of Technology and Commerce University of the East |
Occupation: | Politician |
Chen Hung-chang (; born 2 March 1956) is a Taiwanese politician.
Chen attended and . He graduated from the Sze Hai College of Technology and Commerce before he finished his studies at the University of the East in the Philippines.[1] [2]
Chen was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1992, representing Taipei County.[3] He was elected to represent Taipei County 2 in 1995,[4] 1998,[1] and 2001. Chen did not vote for the Kuomintang party caucus during his time in legislature. [5] [6] Chen proposed that Ma Ying-jeou and Wang Jin-pyng form a Kuomintang presidential ticket before the Pan-Blue Coalition presidential ticket for the 2004 presidential election were finalised.[7] Chen was outspoken about a proposal to merge the People First Party into the Kuomintang after the coalition ticket of Lien Chan and James Soong lost the election. [8]
When he left the legislature at the end of his fourth term, Chen led the in New Taipei City.[9] He also served on the Kuomintang Central Review Committee.[10]
Chen got his party membership revoked after statements of the Kuomintang's 2020 presidential candidate, Han Kuo-yu, in August 2019. [11] [12] [13] Chen remained a political independent after his expulsion.[14]