Chen Kuei-miao

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Chen Kuei-miao

| native_name = {{nobold|陳癸淼}}

| native_name_lang =

| image = 陳癸淼.jpg

| office = Member of the Legislative Yuan

| term_start = 1 February 1996

| term_end = 31 January 1999

| successor =

| predecessor =

| constituency = Republic of China (New Party party list)

| office2 =

| term_start2 = 1 February 1993

| term_end2 = 31 January 1996

| successor2 =

| predecessor2 =

| constituency2 = Penghu County

| office3 =

| term_start3 = 1 February 1990

| term_end3 = 31 January 1993

| successor3 =

| predecessor3 =

| constituency3 = Taiwan 16th (Penghu County)

| office4 = Convenor of the New Party National Committee

| term_start4 = August 1998

| term_end4 = December 1998

| successor4 = Feng Ting-kuo (acting)
Lee Ching-hua

| predecessor4 = Chou Yang-shan

| office5 =

| term_start5 = August 1995

| term_end5 = August 1996

| successor5 = Chou Yang-shan

| predecessor5 = Wang Chien-shien

| office6 = Mayor of Tainan
(acting)

| term_start6 = 30 May 1985

| term_end6 = 20 December 1985

| successor6 = Lin Wen-hsiung

| predecessor6 = Su Nan-cheng

| office7 = Director of the National Museum of History

| term_start7 = February 1986

| term_end7 = February 1990

| successor7 = Chen Kang-shun

| predecessor7 = Lee Ting-yuan

| party = New Party
Kuomintang {{small|(until 1993)}}

| relations =

| birth_place = Kosei, Makō, Hōko, Taiwan, Empire of Japan

| death_place = Beitou, Taipei, Taiwan

| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|7|1|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2014|8|15|1934|7|1}}

| education = National Taiwan Normal University (BA)

}}

Chen Kuei-miao ({{zh|c=陳癸淼|p=Chén Guǐmiǎo}}; 1 July 1934 – 15 August 2014) was a Taiwanese politician.

Early life and education

Chen was born in Taiwan on 1 July 1934 during Japanese rule. In 1958, he graduated from National Taiwan Normal University with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Chinese literature.{{cite news |title=Who's Who in the ROC |url=http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/Upload/WebArchive/4695/Who's%20Who%20in%20the%20ROC.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020105104/http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/Upload/WebArchive/4695/Who%27s%20Who%20in%20the%20ROC.pdf |archivedate=20 October 2016 |accessdate=5 May 2016 |pages= |agency=Executive Yuan}}

Political career

While serving as acting Mayor of Tainan in 1985, Chen was affiliated with the Kuomintang. He was first elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1989, and represented Taiwan's 16th district, encompassing Penghu County. He was reelected to the Penghu County legislative seat in 1992,{{cite news |title=Chen Kuei-miao (2) |url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=10865 |access-date=31 August 2021 |agency=Legislative Yuan}} and in the midst of his second term, cofounded the New Party, in 1993.{{cite news|first=Kuei-hsiang|last=Wen |title=New Party founder dies at 81 |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/201408160009 |agency=Central News Agency |date=2014-08-16 |access-date=2014-09-04}}{{cite news|title=New Party founder dies at 81 |url=http://english.rti.org.tw/news/?recordId=9669 |work=Radio Taiwan International |date=2014-08-16 |access-date=2014-09-04}} Chen was reelected to a third legislative term in 1995, via the New Party proportional representation party list.{{cite news |title=Chen Kuei-miao (3) |url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=11038 |access-date=31 August 2021 |agency=Legislative Yuan}} Chen was one of many legislators to be implicated in a wide-ranging insider trading scandal that also affected Andrew Oung, among others.{{cite news|last1=Yu|first1=Susan|url=http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=59596&ctNode=122|title=As election nears, blemishes pop up|access-date=27 June 2016|work=Taiwan Today|date=21 October 1994}}{{dead link|date=May 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} [http://taiwaninfo.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=59596&ctNode=103 Alt URL]

Chen Kuei-miao and other politicians broke away from the ruling Kuomintang in opposition to the rule of then KMT chairman and President of Taiwan, Lee Teng-hui.

Death

Chen died at Cheng Hsin General Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, on 15 August 2014, at the age of 80. He had suffered from kidney and liver disease.

References

Category:1934 births

Category:2014 deaths

Category:New Party Members of the Legislative Yuan

Category:Mayors of Tainan

Category:Taiwanese political party founders

Category:Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Tainan

Category:Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan in Taiwan

Category:Members of the 2nd Legislative Yuan

Category:Members of the 3rd Legislative Yuan

Category:Deaths from kidney disease

Category:Deaths from liver disease

Category:Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan

Category:Penghu County Members of the Legislative Yuan

Category:Directors of museums in Taiwan

Category:Leaders of the New Party (Taiwan)