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.
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]
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]
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 |
‹See Tfd›
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78,829 | 56.16% |
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2 | Huang Min-hui |
‹See Tfd›
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46,341 | 33.02% | ||
3 | Lee Hsin |
‹See Tfd›
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7,604 | 5.42% | ||
4 | Apollo Chen |
‹See Tfd›
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6,784 | 4.83% | ||
Total votes | 337,351 | |||||
Turnout | 41.61% |
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% |
2018 Taoyuan City mayoral results [24] | |||||
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No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | |
1 | Zhu Mei-xue (朱梅雪) |
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18,200 | 1.76% | |
2 | Apollo Chen |
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407,234 | 39.42% | |
3 | Yang Li-huan (楊麗環) |
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51,518 | 4.99% | |
4 | Wu Fu-tong (吳富彤) |
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3,867 | 0.37% | |
5 | Cheng Wen-tsan | Democratic Progressive Party | 552,330 | 53.46% |
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Total voters | 1,732,591 | ||||
Valid votes | 1,033,149 | ||||
Invalid votes | |||||
Voter turnout | 59.63% |
Apollo Chen Chen Shei-saint | |
---|---|
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.
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]
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]
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 |
‹See Tfd›
![]() |
78,829 | 56.16% |
![]() | |
2 | Huang Min-hui |
‹See Tfd›
![]() |
46,341 | 33.02% | ||
3 | Lee Hsin |
‹See Tfd›
![]() |
7,604 | 5.42% | ||
4 | Apollo Chen |
‹See Tfd›
![]() |
6,784 | 4.83% | ||
Total votes | 337,351 | |||||
Turnout | 41.61% |
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 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Candidates | Place | Results | ||
Apollo Chen | Nominated | 35.689% | ||
Lu Ming-zhe | 2nd | 33.067% | ||
Yang Li-huan | 3rd | 31.245% |
2018 Taoyuan City mayoral results [24] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | |
1 | Zhu Mei-xue (朱梅雪) |
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18,200 | 1.76% | |
2 | Apollo Chen |
![]() |
407,234 | 39.42% | |
3 | Yang Li-huan (楊麗環) |
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51,518 | 4.99% | |
4 | Wu Fu-tong (吳富彤) |
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3,867 | 0.37% | |
5 | Cheng Wen-tsan | Democratic Progressive Party | 552,330 | 53.46% |
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Total voters | 1,732,591 | ||||
Valid votes | 1,033,149 | ||||
Invalid votes | |||||
Voter turnout | 59.63% |