Shen Fa-hui
Shen Fai-hui | |
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沈發惠 | |
Member of the New Taipei City Council | |
Assumed office 25 December 2010 | |
Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
In office 1 February 2005 – 31 January 2008 | |
Constituency | Taipei County 3 |
Member of the Taipei County Council | |
In office 1 March 1998 – 31 January 2005 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Xizhi, Taipei County, Taiwan | 2 November 1966
Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
Alma mater | Tunghai University National Taiwan University |
Occupation | politician |
Shen Fa-hui (Chinese: 沈發惠; born 2 November 1966) is a Taiwanese politician.
Career
Shen studied law at Tunghai University, and later earned a master's in public administration from National Taiwan University. While in college, he was active in the Wild Lily student movement and later worked for Frank Hsieh as a legislative assistant and with Chen Shui-bian's 1994 Taipei mayoral campaign.[1][2] Within the Democratic Progressive Party, Shen was affiliated with the New Tide faction.[3] He has also led the DPP's Policy Committee.[4]
Shen served on the Taipei County Council from 1998 to 2005, when he was elected to the Legislative Yuan.[1][5] He ended his reelection campaign in May 2007, after losing a party primary,[6] and returned to work for Frank Hsieh.[7] Shen was elected to the New Taipei City Council in 2010.[8] He lost a legislative bid in 2012,[9] but was reelected to the NTCC in 2014.[10] In 2015, the Taiwan High Court ruled that Shen and nine other city council members were not guilty of displaying their vote in a council speakership election held by secret ballot in 2010.[11] Shen was supportive of Sunflower Student Movement activist and academic Huang Kuo-chang's 2016 legislative campaign.[12]
References
- ^ a b "Shen Fai-hui (6)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ Chung, Jake (9 April 2012). "FEATURE: A-tsai's restaurant to be razed by renewal project". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ Wang, Flora (30 December 2006). "DPP `bandits' in call for rational debate". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ Hsu, Jenny W. (13 January 2008). "Legislative elections and referendums: DPP and KMT referendums fail". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ Huang, Jewel (28 November 2004). "DPP's plan frustrates some candidates". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ Wang, Flora (8 May 2007). "DPP members cull New Tide and `bandits'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ Ko, Shu-ling; Wang, Flora (12 March 2008). "Lu readies new group to stop nuclear plant". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ Lee, Hsin-fang (20 September 2011). "Lu readies new group to stop nuclear plant". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ Shan, Shelley (15 January 2012). "2012 ELECTIONS: Pan-greens make gains in legislature". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ Loa, Iok-sin (28 July 2015). "Huang Kuo-chang announces run for legislature". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ Pan, Jason (16 January 2015). "Councilors not guilty in 'ballot-flashing' case". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ Loa, Iok-sin (28 June 2015). "Huang Kuo-chang denies planning to run in Sijhih". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2017.