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Chen Shui-bian (Chinese: 陳水扁; born 12 October 1950) is a Taiwanese former politician and lawyer who served as the 5th president of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008. Chen was the first president from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) which ended the Kuomintang's (KMT) 55 years of continuous rule in Taiwan.
Jun 28, 2024 · Chen Shui-bian (born February 18, 1951, Tainan county, Taiwan) is a lawyer and politician who served as president of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008. He was a prominent leader of the pro-independence movement that sought to establish statehood for Taiwan.
A book that reassesses the first non-Kuomintang president's tenure in Taiwan, covering both the progress and the obstacles to democratic consolidation. It examines the depoliticization of the military, the judicial system, the constitutionalism, the civil society, and the cross-Strait relations.
Jan 11, 2021 · Lately I have been mulling over the checkered career of Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), former Mayor of Taipei and President of Taiwan, who subsequently spent 6+ years in jail after being convicted of corruption. I was a witness to some of this, and have studied President Chen’s career over the years.
Chen Shui-bian, the former president of Taiwan who was sentenced to 20 years in prison, suffers from a series of medical conditions including depression, brain atrophy and Parkinsonism.
May 30, 2022 · The ruling party lawmakers swiftly read the text of the amendment and approved it to complete the legislative process. Former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian waves as he arrives at the...
Jan 5, 2015 · TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan's ailing ex-leader Chen Shui-bian will be freed from prison on medical parole on Monday, after serving six years for graft relating to his presidency.
