Chen Po-wei

Chen Po-wei (Chinese: 陳柏惟; born 10 July 1985) is a Taiwanese politician. He was elected to the Legislative Yuan in the 2020 legislative election.

Chen Po-wei

MLY
陳柏惟
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Assumed office
1 February 2020
Preceded byYen Kuan-heng
ConstituencyTaichung II
Personal details
Born (1985-07-10) 10 July 1985
Yancheng District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
NationalityTaiwan
Political partyTaiwan Statebuilding Party

Political career

Chen served as the spokesperson for the Taiwan Statebuilding Party (then known as Taiwan Radical Wings) and supported a recall movement against Kaohsiung City Mayor Han Kuo-yu. Throughout his political career, he has been a vocal supporter of Taiwan independence.[1]

In the 2020 legislative elections, Chen defeated Kuomintang incumbent Yen Kuan-heng in the Taichung City Constituency II becoming the first Taiwan Statebuilding Party legislator. His candidacy was supported by the Democratic Progressive Party and filmmaker Wu Nien-jen.[2]

In late 2020, Chen stood with Democratic Progressive Party to support the import of American pork with ractopamine.[3]

References
  1. Ann Maxon (2 July 2019). "Han recall bid tipped to clear initial threshold - Taipei Times". Taipei Times. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. Ching-Tse Cheng (11 January 2020). "Taiwan Statebuilding Party candidate wins in KMT stronghold". Taiwan News. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  3. Jason Pan. "DPP passes ractopamine directives - Taipei times". Taipei Times. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
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