Yen Kuan-heng (; born 14 September 1977) is a Taiwanese politician. He was elected to the

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from Taichung in 2013, to replace his father Yen Ching-piao in office. Yen lost reelection to Chen Po-wei in 2020.

Political career

Yen Kuan-heng helped run his father's first legislative campaign in 2001, and worked as the elder Yen's legislative assistant. Yen Ching-piao was sentenced to prison in November 2012 and expelled from the

, necessitating a by-election for Taichung 2. was named the

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candidate days before the

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announced its support of Yen Kuan-heng. The by-election was held on 26 January 2013, with Yen winning by 1,138 votes. The Kuomintang nominated Yen for a second term over fellow party member in the 2016 legislative elections, and Yen won again. In March 2016, Yen joined the Parliamentary Transparency Alliance, a smaller group of Kuomintang legislators within the

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. Yen narrowly lost reelection to

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candidate Chen Po-wei in 2020. Following a successful bid to in October 2021, a by-election was scheduled for 9 January 2022. The Kuomintang formally nominated Yen as its candidate for the by-election on 9 November 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yen, Kuan-heng 1977 births Living people Taichung Members of the Legislative Yuan Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Members of the 8th Legislative Yuan Members of the 9th Legislative Yuan Dominican University of California alumni