Chen Shui-bian

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Chen Shui-bian is a Taiwanese politician and former president of the Republic of China (Taiwan), known for his pro-independence stance and leadership of the Democratic Progressive Party.

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instanceOf President of the Republic of China
human
politician
alternateName A-Bian
birthDate 1950-10-12
birthPlace Guantian, Tainan, Taiwan
convictedOf corruption
countryOfCitizenship Republic of China
educatedAt National Taiwan University
electedIn 2000 Taiwanese presidential election
endTime 2008-05-20
ethnicGroup Hoklo Taiwanese
linked to: Taiwanese Hokkien
fieldOfStudy law
imprisonedAt Taipei Prison
knownFor first non-Kuomintang president of the Republic of China
pro-Taiwan independence stance
languageSpoken Mandarin Chinese
Taiwanese Hokkien
legalIssue corruption charges after presidency
legalProfession defense lawyer in political cases
medicalParole 2015
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Progressive Party
movement Taiwan independence movement
name Chen Shui-bian
nativeName 陳水扁
notableEvent 2004 election eve shooting incident
numberOfChildren 2
occupation lawyer
politician
officeEndTime (Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party) 1998
officeEndTime (Mayor of Taipei) 1998-12-25
officeEndTime (President of the Republic of China) 2008-05-20
officeStartTime (Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party) 1994
officeStartTime (Mayor of Taipei) 1994-12-25
officeStartTime (President of the Republic of China) 2000-05-20
positionHeld Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party
Mayor of Taipei
Member of the Legislative Yuan
President of the Republic of China
precededBy (Mayor of Taipei) Huang Ta-chou
precededBy (President of the Republic of China) Lee Teng-hui
reElectedIn 2004 Taiwanese presidential election
religion Presbyterianism
linked to: Presbyterian
residenceDuringPresidency Presidential Office Building, Taipei
sentence imprisonment
spouse Wu Shu-chen
startTime 2000-05-20
succeededBy (Mayor of Taipei) Ma Ying-jeou
succeededBy (President of the Republic of China) Ma Ying-jeou

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Chen hasNotableBearer Chen Shui-bian
cross-Strait relations historicalEvent Chen Shui-bian presidency
linked to: Chen Shui-bian
Lee Teng-hui succeededBy Chen Shui-bian
Ma Ying-jeou precededBy Chen Shui-bian
Taiwanese democracy movement keyFigure Chen Shui-bian
dangwai movement keyFigure Chen Shui-bian
Chen Shui-bian name Chen Shui-bian
Su Tseng-chang appointedBy Chen Shui-bian
Wu Shu-chen spouse Chen Shui-bian
Wu Shu-chen relative Chen Shui-bian
Wu Shu-chen associatedWith Chen Shui-bian administration
linked to: Chen Shui-bian