Chen Mingyi (Taiwan)

Chen Mingyi (Chinese: 陳明義) is a former city councillor for New Taipei, Taiwan. He is also a member of the Kuomintang’s Central Standing Committee.[1] It was reported that he would participate in the 2014 New Taipei mayoral election, however, the Kuomintang eventually chose Eric Chu as their mayoral candidate.[2]

For a Mainland Chinese politician with the same name, see Chen Mingyi.

In the 2014 local elections, Chen failed to get re-elected as city councilor.[3][4] He registered for the 2016 Kuomintang chairmanship election on January 27,[5] but dropped his bid for the leadership position two days later.[6][7]

References
  1. "陳明義". Archived from the original on 2014-03-15.
  2. "台湾明年县市选举 国民党籍陈明义将选新北市长".
  3. 囂張飆罵清潔隊員　新北議員陳明義15票成落選頭
  4. 103年地方公職選舉 新北市第二選舉區 Archived December 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Liu, Claudia; Kuo, Chung-han (27 January 2016). "KMT acting chairperson to bid for party leadership (update)". Central News Agency. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  6. Hsiao, Alison (30 January 2016). "KMT name change not needed: acting chair Huang". Taipei Times. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  7. Hsiao, Alison (31 January 2016). "Hung Hsiu-chu tours legislature for the last time". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 January 2016.


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