Chen Chin-ting (; born 26 September 1946) is a Taiwanese politician who served in the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel v ...

from 1999 to 2008.

Education

Chen has attended the Army Transportation School, National Chengchi University, and

National Chung Hsing University National Chung Hsing University (NCHU; ) is a research-led comprehensive university in South District, Taichung, Republic of China. Currently, NCHU is among the four universities of the Taiwan Comprehensive University System, a research-led un ...

. He completed a bachelor's degree in business administration from

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in the United States.

Political career

In his early political career, Chen served as an aid to Li Yuan-tsu. He was first elected to the

in 1998 and reelected in 2001. Despite his

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

membership, Chen was active in the Alliance for Independent Lawmakers. He was named a member of a new legislative coalition in 2001. However, group leader

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postponed its formation in July. In June 2002, Chen defied the

caucus by submitting his vote on a group of government appointees. For ignoring the

Pan-Blue Coalition The pan-Blue coalition, pan-Blue force or pan-Blue groups is a political coalition in the Republic of China (Taiwan) consisting of the Kuomintang (KMT), People First Party (PFP), New Party (CNP), Non-Partisan Solidarity Union (NPSU), and Young ...

's attempt to boycott the proceedings, Chen was expelled from the KMT. In the 2004 legislative elections, Chen ran under the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union, winning a third term. He represented the NPSU in the 2008 elections, but finished second to Chen Hsiu-ching. By 2011, Chen had joined the

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a Taiwanese nationalist and centre-left political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Controlling both the Republic of China presidency and the unicameral Legislative Yuan, it is the majori ...

and registered for the 2012 legislative elections. He did not win a seat, but the next year he was considered a potential DPP candidate for the Changhua County magistracy, a post eventually won by fellow DPP member Wei Ming-ku. Chen was subsequently named the DPP director for Changhua County.

Political stances

Chen believes the Republic of China and Taiwan to be equivalent entities.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Chin-ting 1946 births Living people Changhua County Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 4th Legislative Yuan Members of the 5th Legislative Yuan Members of the 6th Legislative Yuan Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Expelled members of the Kuomintang Non-Partisan Solidarity Union Members of the Legislative Yuan Democratic Progressive Party (Taiwan) politicians National Chung Hsing University alumni National Chengchi University alumni