Peng Pai-hsien
{{Short description|Taiwanese politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Peng Pai-hsien
| native_name = {{nobold|彭百顯}}
| native_name_lang = zh-tw
| honorific-suffix = MLY
| image = 彭百顯委員.jpg
| imagesize = 250px
| smallimage =
| caption =
| order = Nantou County Magistrate
| constituency =
| term_start = 13 January 2001
| term_end = 20 December 2001
| predecessor = Lai Ying-fang {{small|(acting)}}
| successor = Lin Tsung-nan
| order1 =
| constituency1 =
| term_start1 = 20 December 1997
| term_end1 = 14 November 2000
| predecessor1 = Lin Yuan-lang
| successor1 = Lai Ying-fang {{small|(acting)}}
| order2 = Member of the Legislative Yuan
| constituency2 = Nantou County
| term_start2 = 1 February 1990
| term_end2 = 20 December 1997
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1949|6|14}}
| birth_place = Guoxing, Nantou County, Taiwan
| party = Democratic Progressive Party {{small|(until 1997)}}
| nationality = Taiwanese
| alma_mater =
| profession =
| spouse = Wu Wen-wan (吳文婉)
| education = Chinese Culture University (BA, MA)
University of London (MSc)
}}
Peng Pai-hsien ({{zh|t=彭百顯}}; born 14 June 1949) is a Taiwanese politician.
Political career
He served in the Legislative Yuan from 1990 to 1997 as a member of the Democratic Progressive Party.{{cite news|last1=Jou|first1=Ying-cheng|title=Peng's fall from grace draws mixed reactions|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2000/11/19/0000062097|accessdate=1 May 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=19 November 2000}} Peng was a member of the DPP's Justice Alliance faction until he left the party in 1997 to run for the Nantou County magistracy as an independent.{{cite news|last1=Hsu|first1=Crystal|title=Wang says DPP sticks together|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2002/02/24/0000125177|accessdate=1 May 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=24 February 2002}}{{cite book|author1-link=Shelley Rigger|last1=Rigger|first1=Shelley|title=From Opposition to Power|date=2001|publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers|isbn=9781555879693|page=32|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Twf7Uk8N0AEC&pg=PA32}}{{cite news|last1=Jou|first1=Ying-cheng|title=Nantou county official held|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2000/10/18/57686|accessdate=1 May 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=18 October 2000}} Peng left the legislature on 20 December 1997 to take office as Nantou County magistrate.{{cite news |title=Peng Pai-hsien (3) |url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=11051 |accessdate=30 June 2020 |agency=Legislative Yuan}} Nantou County was hit hard by the 1999 Jiji earthquake, and in November 2000, Peng was charged with corruption while the Nantou District Prosecutors' Office investigated financial improprieties in the aftermath of the rescue effort.{{cite news|last1=Chuang|first1=Chi-ting|title=Peng's detention a mixed blessing|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2000/11/15/0000061557|accessdate=1 May 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=15 November 2000}}{{cite news|last1=Jou|first1=Ying-cheng|title=Official named in quake graft probe|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2000/11/14/0000061391|accessdate=1 May 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=14 November 2000}}{{cite news|title=Premier travels to Nantou to cheer up county officials|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2000/11/21/0000062345|accessdate=1 May 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=21 November 2000}} Peng was indicted in January 2001,{{cite news|last1=Jou|first1=Ying-cheng|title=Prosecutors indict Peng for graft|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2001/01/13/0000069559|accessdate=1 May 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=13 January 2001}} but returned to his duties as magistrate. The Supreme Court halted appeals on the case in July 2010, ending legal proceedings against Peng.{{cite news|last1=Chang|first1=Rich|last2=Hsiang|first2=Cheng-chen|title=Court upholds former museum officials' not guilty verdict|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2011/11/30/2003519556|accessdate=1 May 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=30 November 2011}}
In September 2019, the Formosa Alliance announced that its ticket for the 2020 presidential election included Peng as Annette Lu's running mate.{{cite news |last1=Yeh |first1=Su-ping |last2=Wen |first2=Kuei-hisang |last3=Huang |first3=Frances |title=Former Vice President Annette Lu enters presidential race |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201909170014.aspx |accessdate=17 September 2019 |agency=Central News Agency |date=17 September 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Wu |first1=Chun-feng |last2=Yang |first2=Chun-hui |last3=Chung |first3=Jake |title=Ex-vice president Lu to run for president |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2019/09/18/2003722488 |accessdate=18 September 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=18 September 2019}} Lu and Peng suspended their campaign on 2 November 2019.{{cite news |last1=Huang |first1=Rei-hung |last2=Ko |first2=Lin |title=Former Taiwan vice president abandons presidential bid |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201911020013.aspx |accessdate=2 November 2019 |agency=Central News Agency |date=2 November 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Yun |title=Annette Lu withdraws presidential bid |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/11/03/2003725169 |accessdate=3 November 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=3 November 2019}}
After he left the Nantou County magistracy, Peng became an instructor at Kainan University.{{cite news|last1=Ko|first1=Shu-ling|title=Megacities face finance issues: experts|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2010/12/27/2003491970|accessdate=1 May 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=27 December 2010}} He is married to Wu Wen-wan.{{cite news|last1=Jou|first1=Ying-cheng|title=Police end protest by commissioner's wife|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2000/11/24/0000062753|accessdate=1 May 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=24 November 2000}}
References
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Category:Nantou County Members of the Legislative Yuan
Category:Magistrates of Nantou County
Category:Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan in Taiwan
Category:Members of the 2nd Legislative Yuan
Category:Members of the 3rd Legislative Yuan
Category:Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan