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Chen Shui-bian (born October 12 1950) is a former Taiwanese politician who was president from 2000 to 2008. Chen’s election ended more than fifty years of Kuomintang (KMT) control of the Executive Yuan in Taiwan. A native-born Taiwanese he is colloquially referred to as A-Bian (阿扁; Ābiǎn; Taiwanese: 阿扁仔 A-píⁿ-à).A lawyer Chen entered politics in 1980 during the Kaohsiung Incident as a member of the Tangwai movement and was elected to the Taipei City Council in 1981.

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active years end date
1994-12-25, 1998-12-25, 2004-12-11, 2008-01-12, 2008-05-20
active years start date
1990-02-01, 1994-12-25, 2000-05-20, 2002-07-21, 2007-10-15
alma mater
Dartmouth College, National Taiwan University
birth date
1950-10-12
birth place
Taiwan, Guantian District, Tainan County, Tainan
nationality
Taiwan
occupation
Lawyer, Politician
office
Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party
order in office
Member of the Legislative Yuan, President of the Republic of China, Mayor of Taipei
other party
Democratic Progressive Party, Independent (politician)
party
Democratic Progressive Party
region
Democratic Progressive Party
religion
Agnosticism, Yiguandao
residence
Taipei Prison
successor
Tsai Ing-wen, Ma Ying-jeou, Su Tseng-chang
vice president
Annette Lu

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