Chen Wei-zen or Chen Wei-jen (; born 24 May 1953), is a Taiwanese politician who was the

Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

from 2014 to 2016.

Education

Chen earned his bachelor's degree in urban planning from the

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. He obtained his master's degrees in industrial planning from

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and in civil engineering from the

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in the

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. He obtained his doctoral degree in planning and urban design from

Early career

Upon graduation, Chen worked as Deputy Commissioner at the Department of Urban Development of

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(TCG) in 1993–1995. In 1995–1997, he became the Deputy Commissioner at the Department of Construction of

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followed by Commissioner and concurrently Deputy Secretary-General at the Information Department of the same office in 1997–1998. In 1998–2001, he became the Commissioner at the Department of Urban Development followed by Department of Public Works of TCG in 2001–2005.

Political career

In 2005–2009, he was appointed to be the Deputy Magistrate of

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. In 2009–2010, he was the Administrative Deputy Minister of Transportation and Communications. In 2010–2013, he was the Deputy Mayor of

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. In 2013–2014, he was the Secretary-General of

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. In 2014, he was appointed to become the Minister of the Interior.

References

1953 births Living people Deputy mayors of Taipei Taiwanese Ministers of the Interior {{Taiwan-mayor-stub

Education

Early career

Political career

See also

References