Chen Li-chen
陳麗貞
Mayor of Chiayi
In office
22 May 2000 – 20 December 2005
(acting until 20 December 2001)
Preceded byChang Po-ya
Succeeded byHuang Min-hui
Personal details
Born (1958-07-06) 6 July 1958
Jiali, Tainan, Taiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party (since 2003)

Chen Li-chen (traditional Chinese: 陳麗貞; simplified Chinese: 陈丽贞; pinyin: Chén Lìzhēn; born 6 July 1958) is a Taiwanese politician.

Chen graduated from Chinese Medicine University with a master's degree in environmental medicine.[1]

She began her political career working for the Chiayi City Environmental Protection Bureau and later the Department of Health.[1] In 1999, Chen was named deputy mayor of Chiayi under Chang Po-ya, who she succeeded in office when Chang was appointed to lead the interior ministry. Chen joined the Democratic Progressive Party in March 2003.[2]

2005 Chiayi City mayor election

She defeated Lee Chun-yi in a party primary, and the DPP backed Chen as its Chiayi mayoral candidate for the 2005 elections.[3][4] She lost to Kuomintang candidate Huang Min-hui, who left the legislature to assume the mayoralty.[5] Chen then contested Huang's vacant legislative seat on behalf of the DPP, and lost to Chiang Yi-hsiung.[6]

2005 Chiayi City Mayoralty Election Result
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Chen Li-chen DPP62,122 45.37%
2Huang Min-hui KMT74,786 54.63%

References

  1. 1 2 Shih, Hsiu-chuan (28 November 2005). "Chiayi City could be ready". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Lin, Mei-chun (31 March 2003). "Chiayi's mayor is latest to jump on DPP bandwagon". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Huang, Jewel (23 May 2005). "DPP announces primary results". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "DPP's top officials join election campaign". Taipei Times. 20 November 2005. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  5. ↑ Shih, Hsiu-chuan (4 December 2005). "KMT makes history in Chiayi City". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  6. ↑ Mo, Yan-chih (12 March 2006). "KMT wins by-election in Chiayi". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.


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