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'''Chen Kuang-fu''' ({{zh|t=陳光復|p=Chén Guāngfù}}; born 25 October 1955) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the [[List of county magistrates of Penghu|Magistrate]] of [[Penghu|Penghu County]] at first between 2014 and 2018, and again since 25 December 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201411290010.aspx|title=DPP wins Penghu magistrate race|publisher=}}</ref>
'''Chen Kuang-fu''' ({{zh|t=陳光復|p=Chén Guāngfù|w=Chen2 Kuang1-fu4}}; born 25 October 1955) is a Taiwanese politician who is the [[List of county magistrates of Penghu|Magistrate]] of [[Penghu|Penghu County]], serving since 25 December 2022. He held the same position from 2014 and 2018.


==Early life==
==Early life and education==
Chen was born in Shagang Village, [[Husi, Penghu|Huxi Township]], [[Penghu County]] on 25 October 1955. His family moved to [[Kaohsiung]] shortly after. Chen attended Glad Tidings Bible College (喜信聖經學院) in [[Taichung]].<ref name="Christian">{{cite news|last=Tsai|first=Yi-chian|title=靠信仰「蹲點」14年！　準澎湖縣長陳光復盼成立「縣府基督徒團契」|url=https://cdn-news.org/News.aspx?EntityID=News&PK=0000000000652e59e3fb3a0ca8cb5344a497993868becd43|access-date=25 November 2023|date=4 December 2014}}</ref>
Chen was born at Shagang Village, [[Husi, Penghu|Huxi Township]], [[Penghu County]] on 25 October 1955.


==Early career==
==Early career==
A member of the [[Tangwai movement]], Chen was involved in the [[Kaohsiung Incident]], which kickstarted his career in politics. In 1979, he ran unsuccessfully for [[Kaohsiung]] city council. He was dubbed the "Tangwai one-eyed dragon" on election flyers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://memory.culture.tw/Home/Detail?Id=11000034511&IndexCode=MOCCOLLECTIONS|title=高雄市議員候選人陳光復選舉宣傳單|work=Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank|access-date=25 November 2023}}</ref> He eventually ran successfully and served as city counciller from 1985 to 1993.
Chen is the founder of the first distillery in Penghu. He also had pushed for direct flight between Penghu and [[Liuqiu Island]] in [[Pingtung County]].


In 1993, Chen was elected a member of the [[Legislative Yuan]] and represented Kaohsiung from 1993 to 1999.
==Political career==


Chen joined the [[2005 Taiwanese local elections|2005 Penghu County magistracy election]] under [[Democratic Progressive Party]] (DPP) on 3 December 2005. However, he lost to [[Wang Chien-fa]] of the [[Kuomintang]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/02/13/2003583403|title=DPP chair hints at re-election bid|date=13 February 2014 |publisher=}}</ref> On 12 January 2008, Chen joined the [[2008 Taiwanese legislative election]] as a DPP candidate from [[Penghu County]] constituency and lost the election as well.
===2005 Penghu County magistracy election===
Chen joined the [[2005 Republic of China local elections|2005 Penghu County magistracy election]] under [[Democratic Progressive Party]] (DPP) on 3 December 2005. However, he lost to [[Wang Chien-fa]] of the [[Kuomintang]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/02/13/2003583403|title=DPP chair hints at re-election bid|date=13 February 2014 |publisher=}}</ref>


Following the 2005 electoral loss, Chen founded Penghu's first distillery called Penghu First Liquor Co., modeling it after the example of [[Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor]]. The company conducted research on making liquor out of local crops, such as [[pumpkin]]s, [[tithonia]] root, and [[cactus]]. Chen aimed to create local jobs and generate income for local farmers through the venture.<ref>{{cite news|last=|first=|title=Penghu liquor maker eyes ethnic Chinese market|url=https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=10,23,45,10&post=16258|access-date=25 November 2023|date=22 January 2010}}</ref> He also had pushed for direct flight between Penghu and [[Liuqiu Island]] in [[Pingtung County]].
{|class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="7" width=620px|[[2005 Republic of China local elections|2005 Penghu County Magistrate Election]] Result
|-
!width=35|No.
!width=180| Candidate
!width=120| Party
!width=75| Votes
!width=75| Percentage
!width=49|
|-
|1||'''Chen Kuang-fu'''||{{DPP/short}}||style="border-left:4px solid #1B9431;" align="right"|23,964
|align="right"|48.16%
|align="center"|
|-
|2||[[Wang Chien-fa]]||{{KMT/short}}||style="border-left:4px solid #000099;" align="right"|25,223
|align="right"|50.69%
|align="center"|[[File:Vote1.svg|20px]]
|- bgcolor=EEEEEE
|}


==Magistrate of Penghu (2014-2018, 2022-present)==
===2008 Legislative Yuan election===
[[File:Penghu 2014 alternate.png|thumb|Election result map between Chen and his opponent Su Kun-hsiung (蘇崑雄) in 2014]]
On 12 January 2008, Chen joined the [[2008 Republic of China legislative election]] as a DPP candidate from [[Penghu County]] constituency. However, he lost the election.
In 2014, Chen joined the election campaign for magistrate of Penghu County with the slogan, ''Leading Penghu, for your and my happiness''. His campaign focused on [[economic development]], calling for initiatives such as winter tourism, restoration of marine resources, revitalization of disused land, elderly care, job creation, [[labor rights|farmers' rights]], conservation of cultural heritage, and [[teacher]] and [[civil servant]] benefits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/10/15/2003602126|title=INTERVIEW: DPP's Chen Kuang-fu relying on the personal touch|date=15 October 2014 |publisher=}}</ref>


Chen eventually won in the [[2014 Taiwanese local elections|2014 Penghu County magistrate election]] held on 29 November 2014, becoming only the second person from the opposition party to secure the post.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Kay |title=DPP wins Penghu magistrate race |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/201411290010 |access-date=10 January 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=29 November 2014}} [https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/2632537 Alternative URL]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201411290010.aspx|title=DPP wins Penghu magistrate race|publisher=Focus Taiwan|date=29 November 2014}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"
!No.
!Candidate
!Party
!Votes
!Percentage
!width=49|Result
|-
|1
|Ou Jhong Kai (歐中慨)
|{{IND-TW}}
|align="right"|3,373
|align="right"|8.74%
|
|-
|2
|Huang Jhong Yang (黃中陽)
|[[Dadao Compassion Jishih Party]] ([[:zh:大道慈悲濟世黨|大道慈悲濟世黨]])
|align="right"|300
|align="right"|0.78%
|
|-
|3
|'''Chen Kuang-fu'''
|{{DPP}}
|align="right"|15,356
|align="right"|39.77%
|
|-
|4
|[[Lin Pin-kuan]]
|{{NPSU}}
|align="right"|19,584
|align="right"|50.71%
|align="center"|[[File:Vote1.svg|20px]]
|}


Chen lost re-election in 2018 to former magistrate [[Lai Feng-wei]]. He ran and won again in 2022 and has served as the magistrate since December 2022.
===2014 Penghu County magistrate election===
[[File:Penghu 2014 alternate.png|thumb|Election result map between Chen and his opponent Su Kun-hsiung (蘇崑雄)]]
In 2014, Chen joined election campaign for the position of Magistrte of Penghu County with his election slogan ''Leading Penghu, for your and my happiness''. He called for the development of winter tourism, the restoration of marine resources, the revitalization of disused land, implementation of care for the elderly, reinvigorating free trade and the economy to create more jobs, ensuring priority airplane tickets for local residents, increase of medical facilities, promotion of cultural creative industry, protection of the rights of farmers, fishermen and laborers, conservation of cultural heritage and providing stability for teachers and civil servants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/10/15/2003602126|title=INTERVIEW: DPP's Chen Kuang-fu relying on the personal touch|date=15 October 2014 |publisher=}}</ref>

Chen was eventually elected as the Magistrate of Penghu County after winning the [[2014 Taiwan local elections|2014 Penghu County magistrate election]] held on 29 November 2014.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Kay |title=DPP wins Penghu magistrate race |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/201411290010 |access-date=10 January 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=29 November 2014}} [https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/2632537 Alternative URL]</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="7" width=620px|[[2014 Taiwan local elections|2014 Penghu County Magistrate Election]] Result
|-
!width=35|No.
!width=180| Candidate
!width=120| Party
!width=75| Votes
!width=75| Percentage
!width=49|
|-
|1||'''Chen Kuang-fu'''||{{DPP/short}}||style="border-left:4px solid #1B9431;" align="right"|29,164
|align="right"|55.34%
|align="center"|[[File:Vote1.svg|20px]]
|-
|2||[[Su Kun-hsiung]] (蘇崑雄)||{{KMT/short}}||style="border-left:4px solid #000099;" align="right"|23,533
|align="right"|44.66%
|align="center"|
|- bgcolor=EEEEEE
|}

===2018 Penghu County magistrate election===
{|class="wikitable collapsible" style="margin:1em auto;"
! colspan="5" width=600|2018 Democratic Progressive Party [[Penghu|Penghu County]] magistrate primary results
|-
!width=80| Candidates
!width=80| Place
!width=80| Result
|-
| '''Chen Kuang-fu'''
| style="background: #1B9431; text-align:center"| '''{{color|white|Nominated}}'''
| style="text-align:center"| '''Walkover'''
|}

{|class="wikitable collapsible" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="6"|2018 [[Penghu County]] mayoral results<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cec.gov.tw/pc/en/TC/nm10016000000000000.html |title=2018 Local Elections |access-date=2018-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124220056/https://www.cec.gov.tw/pc/en/TC/nm10016000000000000.html |archive-date=2018-11-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
!width=35| No.
!width=150| Candidate
!width=120| Party
!width=75| Votes
!width=75| Percentage
!width=49|
|-
| 1 ||On Lee-la (翁珍聖)||[[Image:Independent_candidate_icon_(TW).svg|20px]] Independent||style="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|1,379
|align="right"|2.61%
|align="center"|
|-
| 2 ||Cheng Ching-fa (鄭清發)||[[Image:Independent_candidate_icon_(TW).svg|20px]] Independent||style="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|4,330
|align="right"|8.18%
|align="center"|
|-
| 3 ||Chen Ta-sung (陳大松)||[[Image:Independent_candidate_icon_(TW).svg|20px]] Independent||style="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|5,822
|align="right"|11.00%
|align="center"|
|-
| 4 ||Wu Cheng-lung (吳政隆) ||[[Image:Independent_candidate_icon_(TW).svg|20px]] Independent||style="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|2,999
|align="right"|5.67%
|align="center"|
|-
| 5 ||[[Lai Feng-wei]]||[[Image:Emblem of the Kuomintang.svg|20px]] Kuomintang||style="border-left:4px solid #000099;" align="right"|20,570
|align="right"|38.87%
|align="center"|[[File:Vote1.svg|20px]]
|-
| 6 ||'''Chen Kuang-fu'''||Democratic Progressive Party||style="border-left:4px solid #1B9413;" align="right"|17,347
|align="right"|32.78%
|align="center"|
|-
| 7 ||Lu Hwa-yuann (呂華苑)||[[Image:Independent_candidate_icon_(TW).svg|20px]] Independent||style="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|468
|align="right"|0.88%
|align="center"|
|- bgcolor=EEEEEE
| colspan="3" align="right" | '''Total voters''' || colspan="3" align="left" |　86,603
|- bgcolor=EEEEEE
| colspan="3" align="right" | '''Valid votes''' || colspan="3" align="left" |　52,915
|- bgcolor=EEEEEE
| colspan="3" align="right" | '''Invalid votes''' || colspan="3" align="left" |　
|- bgcolor=EEEEEE
| colspan="3" align="right" | '''Voter turnout''' || colspan="3" align="left" |　61.10%
|}


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Chen's wife runs a free English-language cram school program.
Chen is a [[Christianity|Christian]].<ref name="Christian"/> Chen's wife runs a free English-language cram school program.


==See also==
==See also==
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Revision as of 10:30, 25 November 2023

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.
Chen Kuang-fu
陳光復
Magistrate of Penghu County
Assumed office
25 December 2022
Preceded byLai Feng-wei
In office
25 December 2014 – 25 December 2018
Preceded byWang Chien-fa
Succeeded byLai Feng-wei
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
25 December 1985 – 31 January 1993
Personal details
Born25 October 1955 (1955-10-25) (age 68)
Huxi, Penghu, Taiwan[1]
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party

Chen Kuang-fu (Chinese: 陳光復; pinyin: Chén Guāngfù; Wade–Giles: Chen2 Kuang1-fu4; born 25 October 1955) is a Taiwanese politician who is the Magistrate of Penghu County, serving since 25 December 2022. He held the same position from 2014 and 2018.

Early life and education

Chen was born in Shagang Village, Huxi Township, Penghu County on 25 October 1955. His family moved to Kaohsiung shortly after. Chen attended Glad Tidings Bible College (喜信聖經學院) in Taichung.[2]

Early career

A member of the Tangwai movement, Chen was involved in the Kaohsiung Incident, which kickstarted his career in politics. In 1979, he ran unsuccessfully for Kaohsiung city council. He was dubbed the "Tangwai one-eyed dragon" on election flyers.[3] He eventually ran successfully and served as city counciller from 1985 to 1993.

In 1993, Chen was elected a member of the Legislative Yuan and represented Kaohsiung from 1993 to 1999.

Chen joined the 2005 Penghu County magistracy election under Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on 3 December 2005. However, he lost to Wang Chien-fa of the Kuomintang.[4] On 12 January 2008, Chen joined the 2008 Taiwanese legislative election as a DPP candidate from Penghu County constituency and lost the election as well.

Following the 2005 electoral loss, Chen founded Penghu's first distillery called Penghu First Liquor Co., modeling it after the example of Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor. The company conducted research on making liquor out of local crops, such as pumpkins, tithonia root, and cactus. Chen aimed to create local jobs and generate income for local farmers through the venture.[5] He also had pushed for direct flight between Penghu and Liuqiu Island in Pingtung County.

Magistrate of Penghu (2014-2018, 2022-present)

Election result map between Chen and his opponent Su Kun-hsiung (蘇崑雄) in 2014

In 2014, Chen joined the election campaign for magistrate of Penghu County with the slogan, Leading Penghu, for your and my happiness. His campaign focused on economic development, calling for initiatives such as winter tourism, restoration of marine resources, revitalization of disused land, elderly care, job creation, farmers' rights, conservation of cultural heritage, and teacher and civil servant benefits.[6]

Chen eventually won in the 2014 Penghu County magistrate election held on 29 November 2014, becoming only the second person from the opposition party to secure the post.[7][8]

Chen lost re-election in 2018 to former magistrate Lai Feng-wei. He ran and won again in 2022 and has served as the magistrate since December 2022.

Personal life

Chen is a Christian.[2] Chen's wife runs a free English-language cram school program.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Introduction of Magistrate". Archived from the original on 2016-12-28. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  2. ^ a b Tsai, Yi-chian (4 December 2014). "靠信仰「蹲點」14年！　準澎湖縣長陳光復盼成立「縣府基督徒團契」". Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. ^ "高雄市議員候選人陳光復選舉宣傳單". Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  4. ^ "DPP chair hints at re-election bid". 13 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Penghu liquor maker eyes ethnic Chinese market". 22 January 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  6. ^ "INTERVIEW: DPP's Chen Kuang-fu relying on the personal touch". 15 October 2014.
  7. ^ Liu, Kay (29 November 2014). "DPP wins Penghu magistrate race". Central News Agency. Retrieved 10 January 2022. Alternative URL
  8. ^ "DPP wins Penghu magistrate race". Focus Taiwan. 29 November 2014.

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