Apollo Chen
Apollo Chen Chen Shei-saint | |
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陳學聖 | |
Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
In office 1 February 2012 – 1 February 2020 | |
Preceded by | Huang Jen-shu |
Succeeded by | Lu Ming-che |
Constituency | Taoyuan 3rd |
In office 1 February 1999 – 31 January 2005 | |
Constituency | Taipei 2nd |
Personal details | |
Born | Taipei, Taiwan | 28 September 1957
Nationality | Republic of China |
Political party | Kuomintang |
Alma mater | National Taiwan University, Tamkang University |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Journalist |
Apollo Chen, also known as Chen Shei-saint (Chinese: 陳學聖; pinyin: Chén Xuéshèng; born 28 September 1957) is a Taiwanese journalist and politician.
Education and early career
[edit]Born in Taipei, Chen attended Jianguo High School, and earned a bachelor's degree in political science from National Taiwan University, followed by a master's in Chinese studies at Tamkang University. He wrote for the China Daily News and China Times and was also a television anchor on Asia Television.[1]
Political career
[edit]Chen served on the Taipei City Council from 1991 to 1998.[2][3] His first stint in the Legislative Yuan began the next year and lasted until 2005. Chen was the spokesman of Lien Chan's 2000 presidential campaign.[4][5] In between legislative stints, he was the director of the Taoyuan County Cultural Affairs Bureau.[6][7][8] Chen, backed by the Kuomintang,[9] ran for the legislature again in the Taoyuan County by-election of 2010, losing to Huang Jen-shu by approximately 3,000 votes.[10][11] He returned to the legislature in 2012. In 2014, Chen was suspended from the Kuomintang for casting a vote against the Land Administration Agent Act.[12] However, the censure did not prevent him from running for reelection in 2016, which he won.[13] It was initially reported that Chen had defeated Hsu Ching-wen by 390 votes.[14][15] A recount by the Taoyuan District Court revealed that Chen had won by 389 votes.[16][17]
2016 KMT chairmanship election
[edit]His party's presidential candidate, Eric Chu, was not successful and subsequently resigned the KMT chairmanship. Chen declared his interest in the position a few days after Chu's resignation was finalized.[18][19] On 22 February, Chen submitted a petition of 24,179 signatures to the party committee responsible for overseeing elections.[20] The party confirmed 10,710 of those signatures, validating his candidacy.[21] Chen finished fourth in the election, which was won by Hung Hsiu-chu.[22]
2016 Kuomintang chairmanship election | ||||||
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No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | Result | |
1 | Hung Hsiu-chu | Kuomintang | 78,829 | 56.16% | ![]() | |
2 | Huang Min-hui | Kuomintang | 46,341 | 33.02% | ||
3 | Lee Hsin | Kuomintang | 7,604 | 5.42% | ||
4 | Apollo Chen | Kuomintang | 6,784 | 4.83% | ||
Total votes | 337,351 | |||||
Turnout | 41.61% |
2018 Taoyuan mayor election
[edit]In March 2018, the Kuomintang announced that Chen had defeated Lu Ming-che and Yang Li-huan in a primary held to decide the party's candidate in the Taoyuan mayoral election.[23]
2018 Kuomintang Taoyuan City mayoral primary results | ||||
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Candidates | Place | Results | ||
Apollo Chen | Nominated | 35.689% | ||
Lu Ming-zhe | 2nd | 33.067% | ||
Yang Li-huan | 3rd | 31.245% |
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2018 Taoyuan City mayoral results[24] | |||||
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No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | |
1 | Zhu Mei-xue (朱梅雪) | ![]() | 18,200 | 1.76% | |
2 | Apollo Chen | ![]() | 407,234 | 39.42% | |
3 | Yang Li-huan (楊麗環) | ![]() | 51,518 | 4.99% | |
4 | Wu Fu-tong (吳富彤) | ![]() | 3,867 | 0.37% | |
5 | Cheng Wen-tsan | Democratic Progressive Party | 552,330 | 53.46% | ![]() |
Total voters | 1,732,591 | ||||
Valid votes | 1,033,149 | ||||
Invalid votes | |||||
Voter turnout | 59.63% |
References
[edit]- ^ "Chen Shei-saint". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "Who's Who in the ROC II". 2002. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Liu, Weiling (25 April 1997). "Pagers enter sanctum of Taipei classrooms". Taiwan Today. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Chen, Lauren (8 February 2000). "Secrets of the first wives' club". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Yu, Sen-lun (13 February 2000). "Watchdog group". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Huang, Kayla (September 2007). "When Construction and Archaeology Collide". Taiwan Panorama. Archived from the original on 29 March 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ Huang, Kayla (September 2007). "Lost and Found--Exploring the Chienshan Archaeological Site". Taiwan Panorama. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ Shih, Sandra (9 May 2008). "More to glass than meets the eye at art exhibition". Taiwan Today. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ Ko, Shu-ling (13 January 2010). "Deputy mayor quits KMT after candidacy kerfuffle". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ "More setbacks for KMT in by-election defeats". China Post. 28 February 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "Latest election defeat seen as warning for KMT". China Post. 28 February 2010.
- ^ Pan, Jason (28 February 2014). "KMT suspends Apollo Chen for dissenting vote". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Kuo, Adam Tyrsett (28 February 2014). "Chen Shei-saint's KMT party rights revoked for one yr". China Post. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "Runner-up demands recount". Taipei Times. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Chin, Jonathan (28 January 2016). "Taoyuan recount confirms DPP victory". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ Chiu, Chun-chin; Wu, Lilian (29 January 2016). "Vote recount maintains KMT candidate's victory in Taoyuan City". Central News Agency. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ^ "Taoyuan district recount sees no change of winner". Taipei Times. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ Hsu, Stacy (26 January 2016). "Hung shrugs off reports of KMT members quitting". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Wang, Cheng-chung; Tang, Pei-chun; Low, Y. F. (25 January 2016). "KMT Legislator Chen Shei-saint announces bid for party chair". Central News Agency. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Hsu, Stacy (23 February 2016). "Four register for KMT chairman race". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ^ Hsieh, Chia-chen; Low, Y.F. (26 February 2016). "Four qualified to run for KMT chairmanship". Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ Hsiao, Alison (27 March 2016). "Hung elected KMT's first chairwoman". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
- ^ Hsu, Stacy (29 March 2018). "Apollo Chen wins Taoyuan primary". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 Local Elections". Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
External links
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