Chen Shih-meng (; born 4 August 1948) is a Taiwanese economist and politician. Chen supported the independence of Taiwan.

Biography

Chen was born in

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, on August 4, 1948, to , a Taiwanese agronomist. His grandfather, , was an official in the

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. In 1970 he graduated from

National Taiwan University National Taiwan University (NTU; zh, t=國立臺灣大學, poj=Kok-li̍p Tâi-oân Tāi-ha̍k, p=, s=) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in 1928 during Taiwan under J ...

, majoring in economics. He earned his Ph.D. in economics from

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in 1978. Chen joined the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...

in 1966 and quit the party in 1991, to join the

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a centre to centre-left Taiwanese nationalist political party in Taiwan. As the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition, one of the two main political camps in Taiwan, the DPP is currently the ...

. In 1992, Chen joined the Goa-Seng-Lang Association For Taiwan Independence. He was Secretary General of the

in February 1992, and held that office until September 1992. Chen once served as Vice-Mayor of Taipei, while

Chen Shui-bian Chen Shui-bian ( zh, t=陳水扁; born 12 October 1950) is a Taiwanese former politician and lawyer who served as the fifth president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2000 to 2008. Chen was the first president from the Democratic Progres ...

was its Mayor. He became the Vice-President of the Central Bank of the Republic of China in 2000. In 2002 he became Secretary General of the Office of the President of the Republic of China, a position he held until 2003. From 2003 to 2004, he was President of Ketagalan Institute. He then taught at National Taiwan University. In March 2017, Chen was nominated to the Control Yuan. He was confirmed in 2018, and took office on 29 January 2018. Chen resigned from the Control Yuan on 16 January 2020, stating that he was unable to advocate for reform of the body during his tenure. His resignation took effect on 31 January 2020.

References

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