Chen Kuei-miao

Taiwanese politician

陳癸淼

Member of the Legislative YuanIn office
1 February 1996 – 31 January 1999ConstituencyRepublic of China (New Party party list)In office
1 February 1993 – 31 January 1996ConstituencyPenghu CountyIn office
1 February 1990 – 31 January 1993ConstituencyTaiwan 16th (Penghu County)Convenor of the New Party National CommitteeIn office
August 1998 – December 1998Preceded byChou Yang-shanSucceeded byFeng Ting-kuo (acting)
Lee Ching-huaIn office
August 1995 – August 1996Preceded byWang Chien-shienSucceeded byChou Yang-shanMayor of Tainan
(acting)In office
30 May 1985 – 20 December 1985Preceded bySu Nan-chengSucceeded byLin Wen-hsiungDirector of the National Museum of HistoryIn office
February 1986 – February 1990Preceded byLee Ting-yuanSucceeded byChen Kang-shun Personal detailsBorn(1934-07-01)1 July 1934
Kosei, Makō, Hōko, Taiwan, Empire of JapanDied15 August 2014(2014-08-15) (aged 80)
Beitou, Taipei, TaiwanPolitical partyNew PartyOther political
affiliationsKuomintang (until 1993)

Chen Kuei-miao (Chinese: 陳癸淼; pinyin: Chén Guǐmiǎo; 1 July 1934 – 15 August 2014) was a Taiwanese politician

While serving as acting Mayor of Tainan in 1985, Chen was affiliated with the Kuomintang.^[1] He was first elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1989, and represented Taiwan's 16th district, encompassing Penghu County. He was reelected to the Penghu County legislative seat in 1992,^[2] and in the midst of his second term, cofounded the New Party, in 1993.^[1]^[3] Chen was reelected to a third legislative term in 1995, via the New Party proportional representation party list.^[4] Chen was one of many legislators to be implicated in a wide-ranging insider trading scandal that also affected Andrew Oung, among others.^[5]

Chen Kuei-miao and other politicians broke away from the ruling Kuomintang in opposition to the rule of then KMT chairman and President of Taiwan, Lee Teng-hui.^[1]

Death

Chen died at Cheng Hsin General Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, on 15 August 2014, at the age of 80. He had suffered from kidney and liver disease.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Wen, Kuei-hsiang (2014-08-16). "New Party founder dies at 81". Central News Agency. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
^ "Chen Kuei-miao (2)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "New Party founder dies at 81". Radio Taiwan International. 2014-08-16. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
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