Fan Chen-tsung (; born 20 November 1942) is a Taiwanese politician. Fan graduated from

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. From 1978 to 1986, he was a member of the

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. In his second term as county councillor, Fan became the body's deputy speaker. In 1986, Fan was elected to the

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and served until 1990. He ran for the magistracy of Hsinchu County as an independent in 1989, and joined the Democratic Progressive Party shortly after winning the office. In 1993, Fan won a second term. He was succeeded as magistrate by Lin Kuang-hua. Fan was subsequently appointed to Lin's vacant seat on the Legislative Yuan, taking office on 26 January 1998. Fan was elected speaker of the

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, and left that position to assume leadership of the

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in 2002. He resigned on 24 November, as farmers and fishermen's collectives protested attempts to reform credit unions related to those industries. Premier

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accepted Fan's resignation two days later, and Fan officially left office on 2 December. In July 2009, Fan and

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were invited to the Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum. Though the Democratic Progressive Party advised both not to go, both made the trip, resulting in the suspension of Fan and Hsu's party membership. Before he could be formally expelled, Fan withdrew from the DPP. In 2010, Fan again visited China with a group of

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politicians. Later that year, Fan resigned his post as adviser to President

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after the Hsinchu District Court convicted Fan on corruption charges dating back to Fan's tenure as Hsinchu County Magistrate.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fan, Chen-tsung 1942 births Living people National Taiwan Ocean University alumni Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 3rd Legislative Yuan Hsinchu County Members of the Legislative Yuan Magistrates of Hsinchu County Taiwanese politicians convicted of corruption Senior Advisors to President Ma Ying-jeou Expelled members of the Democratic Progressive Party (Taiwan) Taiwanese Ministers of Agriculture