Chen Chien-nien
{{Short description|Taiwanese politician (born 1947)}}
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| order = Chairman of the Council of Aboriginal Affairs
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Chen Chien-nien ({{zh|t=陳建年|p=Chén Jiànnián}}, Puyuma: Adulumau Daliyalrep; born 10 October 1947) is a former Taiwanese politician.
Life and career
Born in Taitung, Chen entered politics in 1981 as Taitung councillor representing the Kuomintang (KMT). He served as Taitung magistrate from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Puyuma tribe, he is the only indigenous politician to have served as a county magistrate in Taiwan. In 2002, Chen quit the KMT to accept the cabinet-level Minister of Council of Aboriginal Affairs post in Chen Shui-bian's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration.{{Cite news |last=Huang |first=Sandy |date=2002-01-24 |title=Newsmakers: Aboriginal Crusader Chen to Enter Cabinet |language=en |work=Taipei Times |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2002/01/24/0000121223 |url-status=live |access-date=2018-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201093211/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2002/01/24/0000121223 |archive-date=2018-12-01}} He resigned in 2005 due to a vote-buying charge, whilst continuing to maintain his innocence.{{Cite news |last=Chang |first=Rich |date=2005-02-25 |title=Aboriginal Leader, 27 Others Indicted for Electoral Fraud |language=en |work=Taipei Times |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/02/25/2003224477 |url-status=live |access-date=2018-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201180728/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/02/25/2003224477 |archive-date=2018-12-01}}{{Cite news |date=2005-02-26 |script-title=zh:賄選被起訴 陳建年請辭 謝長廷批准 |language=zh |url=https://news.tvbs.com.tw/other/454243 |url-status=live |access-date=2018-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829180914/https://news.tvbs.com.tw/other/454243 |archive-date=2021-08-29 |script-work=zh:TVBS新聞網}} Following a failed appeal to the Supreme Court in 2012, he was sentenced to nine months in jail.{{Cite web |date=2012-03-31 |script-title=zh:前原民會主委 陳建年判刑9月定讞 |url=https://news.pts.org.tw/article/206663 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222192515/https://news.pts.org.tw/article/206663 |archive-date=2019-12-22 |access-date=2018-12-01 |language=zh |script-work=zh:公視新聞網}}
Chen’s daughter Chen Ying (politician) is currently serving as a member of the Legislative Yuan.
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Category:20th-century Taiwanese politicians
Category:21st-century Taiwanese politicians
Category:Magistrates of Taitung County
Category:Kuomintang politicians in Taiwan
Category:Government ministers of Taiwan
Category:Taiwanese politicians of indigenous descent
Category:Taiwanese politicians convicted of fraud
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