Chen Chien-nien is a Taiwanese former politician who served as the Magistrate of Taitung from 1993 to 2001 and Minister of the Council of Aboriginal Affairs from 2002 to 2005.
Occupation
politician
Position held
Minister of Indigenous Affairs, Magistrate of Taitung County
Citizenship
Taiwan
Born
October 10, 1947
Overview
Chen Chien-nien (; born 10 October 1947) is a former Taiwanese politician. Born in Taitung, Chen entered politics in 1981 as a Taitung councillor representing the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT). He served as County Magistrate of Taitung from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Puyuma tribe, he is the only indigenous politician to have served as a county magistrate in Taiwan. In 2002, Chen quit the KMT to accept the cabinet-level Minister of Council of Aboriginal Affairs post in Chen Shui-bian's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration. He resigned in 2005 due to a vote-buying charge, whilst continuing to maintain his innocence. Following a failed appeal to the Supreme Court in 2012, he was sentenced to nine months in jail.
References
1947 births
Living people
20th-century Taiwanese politicians
21st-century Taiwanese politicians
Puyuma people
Magistrates of Taitung County
Kuomintang politicians in Taiwan
Government ministers of Taiwan
Taiwanese politicians of indigenous descent
Taiwanese politicians convicted of fraud
