Chen Fu-hai

{{Short description|Taiwanese politician (born 1963)}}

{{family name hatnote|Chen|lang=Chinese}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Chen Fu-hai

| native_name = {{nobold|陳福海}}

| image = 陳福海縣長.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2022

| office = 4th and 6th Magistrate of Kinmen

| term_start = 25 December 2022

| term_end =

| deputy = Li Wen-liang (李文良)

| predecessor = Yang Cheng-wu

| successor =

| term_start1 = 25 December 2014

| term_end1 = 25 December 2018

| deputy1 = Wu Cherng-dean
Lin Te-kung (林德恭){{cite web|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeco/201501300025.aspx|title=Kinmen to expand green energy efforts|work=focustaiwan.tw}}

| predecessor1 = Lee Wo-shih

| successor1 = Yang Cheng-wu

| office2 = Member of the Legislative Yuan

| term_start2 = 1 February 2008

| term_end2 = 31 January 2012

| constituency2 = Kinmen County

| predecessor2 = Wu Cherng-dean

| successor2 = Yang Ying-hsiung

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1963|6|3}}

| birth_place = Kinmen, Fujian

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality = Taiwan

| party = Taiwan People's Party{{cite news |title=陳福海選前加入 民眾黨縣市長變2席 |url=https://udn.com/news/story/6656/7109733?from=udn_ch2cate6638sub6656_pulldownmenu_v2 |accessdate=2023-04-20 |publisher=聯合報|date=2023-04-20|author=江婉儀}}

| otherparty = Independent (until 2022)

| spouse =

| education = National Open University (BA)
National University of Kaohsiung (MA)
Huazhong University of Science and Technology (PhD)

}}

Chen Fu-hai ({{zh|t=陳福海|p=Chén Fúhǎi}}; born 3 June 1963) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of Kinmen County from 2014 to 2018, and again since 25 December 2022 as an independent politician.{{cite web|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201411290014.aspx|title=Independent wins Kinmen magistrate race|publisher=}}

Education

Chen obtained his bachelor's degree from the Department of Public Executive Science of National Open University.{{cite web|url=http://www.ly.gov.tw/en/03_leg/legIntro.action?lgno=00069&stage=7|title=The Legislative Yuan Republic of China|date=23 July 2013 |publisher=}} He then obtained his master's degree in public administration from National University of Kaohsiung and his Ph.D. also in public administration from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Hubei.{{cite web|url=http://web.kinmen.gov.tw/Layout/main_en/AllInOne_en_Show.aspx?path=15830&guid=4e172fa2-8b18-4c6b-b575-bff999c42a66&lang=en-us|title=Inauguration Speech|publisher=|access-date=2016-02-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306184026/http://web.kinmen.gov.tw/Layout/main_en/AllInOne_en_Show.aspx?path=15830&guid=4e172fa2-8b18-4c6b-b575-bff999c42a66&lang=en-us|archive-date=2016-03-06|url-status=dead}}

Early political career

Chen was a member of the Kinmen County Council from 1994 to 1998. He was the mayor of Jinhu Township from 1998 to 2006.

Chen was elected as a legislator on 12 January 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/2008/01/23/140213/Legislator-elect-vows.htm|title=Legislator-elect vows to make Kinmen tax-free|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ly.gov.tw/en/03_leg/legIntro.action?lgno=00069&stage=7|title=The Legislative Yuan Republic of China-Chen, Fu-Hai-Brief Introduction|date=23 July 2013 |publisher=}}

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!No.

!Candidate

!Party

!Votes

!Ratio

!width=49|

1

|Chen Fu-hai

|Independent

|align="right"|9,912

|align="right"|37.31%

|align="center"|20px

2

|Lee Wo-shih

|Independent

|align="right"|5,274

|align="right"|19.85%

|

3

|Gao Sian-teng (高絃騰)

|Civil Party

|align="right"|39

|align="right"|0.15%

|

4

|Hu Wei-sheng (胡偉生)

|Independent

|align="right"|1,070

|align="right"|4.03%

|

5

|Tang Huei-pei (唐惠霈)

| Democratic Progressive Party

|align="right"|431

|align="right"|1.62%

|

6

|Wu Cherng-dean

|Kuomintang (New Party Endorsement)

|align="right"|9,838

|align="right"|37.04%

|

Magistracy

=2014 Kinmen County magistrate election=

Chen was elected as the Magistrate of Kinmen County after winning the 2014 Kinmen County magistrate election held on 29 November 2014.

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colspan="7" width=620px|2014 Kinmen County Magistrate Election Result
width=35|No.

!width=180| Candidate

!width=120| Party

!width=75| Votes

!width=75| Percentage

!width=49|

1Su Long-ke (蘇龍科)Independentstyle="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|470

|align="right"|1.03%

|align="center"|

2Lei You-jing (雷由靖)Independentstyle="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|132

|align="right"|0.29%

|align="center"|

3Chen Fu-haiIndependentstyle="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|23,965

|align="right"|52.77%

|align="center"|20px

4Lee Wo-shihKMTstyle="border-left:4px solid #000099;" align="right"|15,146

|align="right"|33.35%

|align="center"|

5Wang Cheng-hua (汪成華)The Guarantee of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Budget e-Unionstyle="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|403

|align="right"|0.89%

|align="center"|

6Hong Zhi-heng (洪志恒)Independentstyle="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|636

|align="right"|1.40%

|align="center"|

7Zhuang Yu-min (莊育民)Independentstyle="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|236

|align="right"|0.52%

|align="center"|

8Lin Suei-Chuan (林水泉)Independentstyle="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|240

|align="right"|0.53%

|align="center"|

9Shiu Nai-chiuan (許乃權)Independentstyle="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|3,834

|align="right"|8.44%

|align="center"|

10Yang Rong-xiang (楊榮祥)Independentstyle="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|354

|align="right"|0.78%

|align="center"|

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=2015 Zhang Zhijun visit to Kinmen=

During the two-day visit of Taiwan Affairs Office Director Zhang Zhijun to Kinmen, Chen wished that Beijing would enhance their assistance to Kinmen because people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits are close like family and could work together to achieve the Chinese Dream.{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2015/05/25/2003619099/1|title=Kinmen plans a 'step forward' in relations: MAC|work=taipeitimes.com|date=25 May 2015 }}

=2015 Strait Forum=

During the 7th Straits Forum in Xiamen, Fujian in June 2015, Chen said that he would strive to support Kinmen to become a pilot zone for trade and economic cooperation between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits.{{cite web|url=http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20150615000093&cid=1202|title=Kinmen strives to become ...|Markets|WCT|work=wantchinatimes.com|access-date=2015-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624165412/http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20150615000093&cid=1202|archive-date=2015-06-24|url-status=dead}}

=2018 Kinmen County magistrate election=

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colspan="6"|2018 Kinmen County mayoral results{{Cite web |url=https://www.cec.gov.tw/pc/en/TC/nm09020000000000000.html |title=2018 Local Elections |access-date=2018-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124220132/https://www.cec.gov.tw/pc/en/TC/nm09020000000000000.html |archive-date=2018-11-24 |url-status=dead }}
width=35| No.

!width=200| Candidate

!width=120| Party

!width=75| Votes

!width=75| Percentage

!width=49|

1Yang Cheng-wu20px Kuomintangstyle="border-left:4px solid #000099;" align="right"|23,520

|align="right"|47.48%

|align="center"|20px

2Hung Chih-heng (洪志恒)Kinmen Gaoliang Partystyle="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|832

|align="right"|1.69%

|align="center"|

3Wang Cheng-hua (汪承樺)UNESCO budget e-leaguestyle="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|403

|align="right"|0.82%

|align="center"|

4Chen Fu-hai20px Independentstyle="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|22,719

|align="right"|46.15%

|align="center"|

5Hsieh Yi-zhen (謝宜璋)20px Independentstyle="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|1,389

|align="right"|2.82%

|align="center"|

6Hong Ho-cheng (洪和成)20px Independentstyle="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|366

|align="right"|0.74%

|align="center"|

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| colspan="3" align="right" | Total voters

colspan="3" align="left" | 117,913
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| colspan="3" align="right" | Valid votes

colspan="3" align="left" | 49,229
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| colspan="3" align="right" | Invalid votes

colspan="3" align="left" | 
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| colspan="3" align="right" | Voter turnout

colspan="3" align="left" | 41.75%

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