Chen Chien-jen (; born 11 August 1939) is a Taiwanese diplomat.

Political career

Chen served in the Legislative Yuan for one term from 1993 to 1996. He was then named the minister of the

Government Information Office The Government Information Office, Executive Yuan (GIO; ) was a cabinet-level agency of the Executive Yuan of Taiwan (the Republic of China) in charge of promoting government policies and regulating domestic media. History In April 1947, the ...

in 1998. The next year, he was appointed to lead the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chen planned to retire after stepping down at the end of President Lee Teng-hui's final term in 2000. However, Lee's successor

Chen Shui-bian Chen Shui-bian (; born 12 October 1950) is a retired Taiwanese politician and lawyer who served as the president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2000 to 2008. Chen was the first president from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) whic ...

asked Chen Chien-jen to reconsider. Chen eventually chose to accept the post of representative to the United States. He postponed retirement again in 2004 to become the representative to the European Union and Belgium. Chen was succeeded by Michael Kau in July 2006. During

Hung Hsiu-chu Hung Hsiu-chu (; born 7 April 1948) is a Taiwanese politician. As a member of the Kuomintang (KMT), she has served the party as a Deputy Chairperson and Deputy Secretary-General. Hung was first elected to the legislature in 1990, and was the Vi ...

's 2016 presidential campaign, Chen was one of her diplomatic advisers.

References

1939 births Living people Republic of China politicians from Shanghai Taiwanese Ministers of Foreign Affairs Representatives of Taiwan to Belgium Members of the 2nd Legislative Yuan Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Taiwanese people from Shanghai Chinese Civil War refugees Party List Members of the Legislative Yuan Representatives of Taiwan to the European Union Representatives of Taiwan to the United States {{Taiwan-diplomat-stub