Apollo Chen

Apollo Chen
Chen Shei-saint
MLY
陳學聖

Chen in June 2013
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Assumed office
1 February 2012
Preceded by Huang Jen-shu
Constituency Taoyuan 3rd
In office
1 February 1999 – 31 January 2005
Personal details
Born (1957-09-28) 28 September 1957
Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality Taiwanese
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; born 28 September 1957) is a Taiwanese journalist and politician.

Education and early career

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

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Chen Shei-saint". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Who's Who in the ROC II". 2002. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Liu, Weiling (25 April 1997). "Pagers enter sanctum of Taipei classrooms". Taiwan Today. Archived from the original on 25 April 1997. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Chen, Lauren (8 February 2000). "Secrets of the first wives' club". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Yu, Sen-lun (13 February 2000). "Watchdog group". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Huang, Kayla (September 2007). "When Construction and Archaeology Collide". Taiwan Panorama. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Huang, Kayla (September 2007). "Lost and Found--Exploring the Chienshan Archaeological Site". Taiwan Panorama. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Shih, Sandra (9 May 2008). "More to glass than meets the eye at art exhibition". Taiwan Today. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  9. ↑ Ko, Shu-ling (13 January 2010). "Deputy mayor quits KMT after candidacy kerfuffle". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  10. ↑ "More setbacks for KMT in by-election defeats". China Post. 28 February 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Latest election defeat seen as warning for KMT". China Post. 28 February 2010.
  12. ↑ Pan, Jason (28 February 2014). "KMT suspends Apollo Chen for dissenting vote". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  13. ↑ Kuo, Adam Tyrsett (28 February 2014). "Chen Shei-saint's KMT party rights revoked for one yr.". China Post. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Runner-up demands recount". Taipei Times. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  15. ↑ Chin, Jonathan (28 January 2016). "Taoyuan recount confirms DPP victory". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ "Taoyuan district recount sees no change of winner". Taipei Times. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  18. ↑ Hsu, Stacy (26 January 2016). "Hung shrugs off reports of KMT members quitting". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  19. ↑ 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.
  20. ↑ Hsu, Stacy (23 February 2016). "Four register for KMT chairman race". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  21. ↑ Hsieh, Chia-chen; Low, Y.F. (26 February 2016). "Four qualified to run for KMT chairmanship". Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  22. ↑ Hsiao, Alison (27 March 2016). "Hung elected KMT’s first chairwoman". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
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