Mark Chen

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Mark Tan-sun Chen
Yu Shyi-kun
Frank Hsieh
Preceded byEugene Chien
Succeeded byJames C. F. Huang
Magistrate of Tainan County
In office
20 December 1993 – 20 December 2001
Preceded byLee Ya-chiao
Succeeded bySu Huan-chih
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2012 – 31 January 2016
Preceded byLee Chun-yee
Succeeded byWang Ting-yu
ConstituencyTainan 5
In office
1 February 2002 – 15 April 2004
ConstituencyTainan
In office
1 February 1993 – 20 December 1993
Succeeded byChen Zau-nan
Personal details
Born (1935-09-16) 16 September 1935 (age 88)
Geophysicist

Mark Tang-shan/Tan-sun Chen

Office of the President of Taiwan under former President Chen Shui-bian. He was also previously Foreign Minister of the ROC from 2004 to 2006 (the first Democratic Progressive Party member to occupy the position). Before returning to Taiwan, he worked for the United States Department of Commerce from 1973 to 1992, over 19 years.[5] [6]

Career

Chen became part of the

Taiwan independence movement while he was completing his post-graduate education in the United States. In 1970, he organized the World United Formosans for Independence. After the establishment of the World Federation of Taiwanese Associations
, Chen Tang-shan became its president from 1979 to 1984.

Because of his political views, Chen was put on a

blacklist by the Kuomintang government during this time, and was unable to return to Taiwan.[7] He was eventually allowed to return with the advent of Taiwan's democratization. In 1992, Chen joined the Democratic Progressive Party and was elected a member of the Legislative Yuan
. In December 1993, he was nominated the candidate of Tainan County Magistrate by the DPP and was elected. He was reelected again in 1997 with 66% of the vote.

In 2001, Chen returned to the Legislative Yuan as a representative of

Singapore-Taiwan relations
from deteriorating over the incident. However, Chen has not since taken back such words, but overall bilateral relations were not otherwise affected.

Chen with Ambassador Joey Wang, Annette Lu and Eva Syková during 2016 Forum 2000 conference in Prague.

On September 21, 2007, Chen faced charges of using false receipts to write off expenses from a special governmental account; the alleged misuse involved NT$368,199 (approximately US$12,454) during his time as foreign minister and presidential secretary general between July 2004 and June 2006. Vice President

Taipei District Court dismissed the case against Chen, finding him not guilty of all charges. Both Lu and Yu were similarly found not guilty. The court ruled that all three officials did not improperly use their special allowances and discretionary state affairs funds.[9][10][11][12]

In 2012, Chen was again elected to the Legislative Yuan for a four-year term, once again representing Tainan County.

Personal life

He is a distant relative of Japanese politician Renhō.[13]

References

  1. ^ "UNPO: Taiwan: New Foreign Minister Chen Tan-sun appointed". unpo.org.
  2. ^ "Leadership - The Prospect Foundation". www.pf.org.tw.
  3. ^ "Discussion with Tan-Sun Chen, Prospect Foundation". October 4, 2018.
  4. ^ "Purdue University: College of Science: Tan Sun "Mark" Chen". www.purdue.edu.
  5. ^ "立法院". 立法院. July 23, 2013.
  6. ^ Tan Sun “Mark” ChenPurdue University College of Science. Accessed on May 19, 2023.
  7. ^ Huang, Tai-lin (22 January 2018). "INTERVIEW: A personal response to the transitional justice act". Taipei Times. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  8. ^ Foreign minister slams Singapore Taipei Times, Sept 28, 2004. Accessed on Nov 30, 2016.
  9. ^ "Lu special allowance fund trial begins", Taipei Times, 20 November 2007
  10. ^ Taiwan's Vice President, two others indicted on corruption, M&G Asia-Pacific News, Sep 21, 2007
  11. ^ "Former officials found not guilty", Taipei Times, 3 July 2012
  12. ^ "Former vice president found not guilty of special fund abuse", Focus Taiwan News Channel, 2 July 2012
  13. ^ 「バナナ娘」蓮舫が大臣に…台湾で大々的報道. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). 8 June 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
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