Chen Chu

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Kiku Chen Chu
陳菊
Official portrait, 2020
10th President of the Control Yuan
Assumed office
1 August 2020
Appointed byTsai Ing-wen
Vice PresidentLee Hung-chun
Preceded byChang Po-ya
Chair of National Human Rights Commission
Assumed office
1 August 2020
Deputy
See list
Preceded byPosition established
35th Secretary-General to the President
In office
23 April 2018 – 20 May 2020
PresidentTsai Ing-wen
DeputyLiu Chien-sin
Lee Chun-yi
Preceded byLiu Chien-sin (acting)
Succeeded bySu Jia-chyuan
1st[a] Mayor of Kaohsiung
In office
25 December 2006 – 20 April 2018
Deputy
See list
Preceded byYeh Chu-lan (acting)
Yang Chiu-hsing[b]
Succeeded byHsu Li-ming (acting)
Chair of the Democratic Progressive Party
Acting
29 February 2012 – 30 May 2012
Preceded byTsai Ing-wen
Succeeded bySu Tseng-chang
6th Minister of the Council of Labor Affairs
In office
20 May 2000 – 19 September 2005
Prime MinisterTang Fei
Chang Chun-hsiung
Yu Shyi-kun
Frank Hsieh
Preceded byChan Huo-shen
Succeeded byLee Ying-yuan
Personal details
Born
Joyce Chen Chu

(1950-06-10) 10 June 1950 (age 73)
Sanxing, Luodong, Taipei County, Taiwan
NationalityTaiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party (1986–present)
[c][1]
Other political
affiliations		Chinese Youth Party (1969–1979)
Alma materShih Hsin University
National Sun Yat-sen University
ProfessionPolitician

Kiku Chen Chu[2] (Chinese: 陳菊; pinyin: Chén Jú; Wade–Giles: Ch'en2 Chü2; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Kiok; born 10 June 1950) is a Taiwanese politician serving as president of the Control Yuan and chairwomen of the National Human Rights Commission since 2020.[3][4] Before assuming her current post, Chen had served as Secretary-General to the President from 2018 to 2020 and Mayor of Kaohsiung from 2006 to 2018, making her the longest-serving mayor of the city since the Japanese occupation of Taiwan.

Prior to her entrance into politics, Chen was one of the eight prominent dissidents, namely "Kaohsiung Eight", arrested and charged after the Kaohsiung Incident in 1979. She was put behind bars for almost six years during the martial law period in Taiwan.[5]

Chen had also served in various capacities with the Taipei and Kaohsiung city governments between 1995 and 2000, with the latter being the year when she graduated from the National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU) with a master's degree in public affairs. She then served as Minister of the Council of Labor Affairs, the precursor to present-day Ministry of Labor, in various cabinets between 2000 and 2005. Chen won the 2006 Kaohsiung mayoral election and became the Republic of China's first directly-elected female mayor of a special municipality.[6] She was twice reelected in 2010 and 2014 with about 53% and 68% of the votes respectively.[7][8]

Nearly a month after she tendered her resignation from the role of Secretary-General to the President,[9][10] President Tsai Ing-wen nominated Chen, who supports abolishing altogether the Examination Yuan and Control Yuan,[11][12][13] as the next President of the Control Yuan on 22 June 2020[14] amid dissent from the opposition.[15][16][17][18][19] Legislative Yuan confirmed the nomination on a 65-3 vote[20] after days of violence in the chamber.[21][22] Lawmakers from the Kuomintang and the Taiwan People's Party boycotted the vote whereas all New Power Party lawmakers cast their dissent votes.[23][24][25]

The Democratic Progressive Party, which Chen helped to found, temporarily suspended her membership during her tenure as President of the Control Yuan according to party rules.[1] Chen had expressed hopes of becoming the last President of the Control Yuan[26] after helping to secure passage of the amendments to the Constitution.[27]

Kaohsiung mayoralty[edit]

2006 Kaohsiung mayoral election[edit]

Chen narrowly defeated the Kuomintang candidate Huang Jun-ying with a margin of just 1,120 votes in the 2006 Kaohsiung mayoral election.[28] After announcement of the election result, Huang filed two lawsuits against Chen's campaign team, requesting the court to annul the election. He argued airing of a video, produced by Chen's campaign team, on the eve of the election resulted in his loss. The Kaohsiung District Court ruled in favor of Huang in one of the lawsuits, thus nullifying the election.[29]

Chen expressed her intention to appeal to the court upon knowing the verdict. She claimed it would be a political suicide if she accepted the ruling. While her colleague and Democratic Progressive Party legislator Kuan Bi-ling advised Chen to concede,[29] Chen nonetheless appealed the ruling. There were speculations on whether Kuan, who lost to Chen during the primaries, made the remark out of personal interest.[29]

The High Court eventually overturned the earlier decision of the Kaohsiung District Court and revalidated the election result on 17 November 2007.[30][31] Chen announced, after all legal proceedings against the mayoral election result had ended, that her policy priorities would be the city's transportation, infrastructure construction and environmental protection.[32]

2006 Kaohsiung mayoral election result[33]
No Candidate Party Votes %
1 Huang Chun-ying (黃俊英) 378,303 49.27%
2 Lin Chi-sheng (林志昇) 1,746 0.23%
3 Lo Chih-ming (羅志明) 6,599 0.86%
4 Lin Ching-yuan (林景元) 1,803 0.23%
5 Chen Chu 379,417 49.41%

Chienchen River cleanup[edit]

Chen assured the public in April 2009 she would improve the water quality of Chienchen River, nicknamed "Heilungchiang" by the locals for its apparent pollution. She pledged NT$120 million to implement the water treatment project. Chen vowed to make Kaohsiung a city not just notable for the beauty of the Love River.[34]

2009 World Games[edit]

Kaohsiung was the host city of 2009 World Games. Chen visited China in that year to promote the Games and met with then-Mayor of Beijing Guo Jinlong. Chen addressed then-President Ma Ying-jeou with his formal title during the meeting with Guo, which garnered much support from her party and the Kaohsiung City Council.[35] However, she was criticized by several Taiwanese localist groups, including the Taiwan Solidarity Union. In response, Chen said the trip was meant to be beneficial to Kaohsiung.[36] In addition to Guo, she also met with then-Mayor of Shanghai Han Zheng and former Chinese Olympic Committee chairman Liu Pong during her trip to China.[37][38]

The main venue of the games, the World Games Stadium, was designed by Japanese architect Toyo Ito.[39] Both the groundbreaking and completion of the Stadium occurred during Chen's tenure of mayorship.[40][41]

The closing ceremony was held in the sold-out World Games Stadium, where President of the International World Games Association Ron Froehlich called the Games a "fantastic success" and declared it "the best ever".[42] Tourism Bureau of Kaohsiung announced the Games generated nearly US$61 million in revenue for the city. The city's department stores reported a 15-percent growth in sales. Chen said Kaohsiung would no longer be known only as the second largest city in Taiwan, but also the one that hosted the best World Games ever.[43]

Typhoon Fanapi[edit]

Chen riding on a R.O.C. Marine Corps' AAV-7A1 during her Typhoon Fanapi rescue efforts.

Chen was criticized for having a nap in her residence while many parts of Kaohsiung were flooded during Typhoon Fanapi on 19 September 2010.[44]

Chen tearfully apologized, saying she felt guilty for taking a rest. Stressing that she returned to her residence to change her wet clothes, Chen indicated she was also keeping a close eye on the rainstorm.[45] Critics called for her immediate resignation and compared Chen's behaviour to then-Premier Liu Chao-shiuan's haircut and then-Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan Hsieh Hsiang-chuan's attendance at a Father's Day dinner during Typhoon Morakot in August 2009.[46][47]

Chen and the Kaohsiung City Government were sued by Lin Chi-mei, a fellow party member and local official from Benhe Village, in the aftermath of the flooding. She alleged the local government did not maintain properly the flood control facilities.[48][49]

2010 Kaohsiung mayoral election[edit]

Chen was running against the Kuomintang candidate Huang Chao-shun and independent candidate Yang Chiu-hsing in her first reelection campaign. She won the 2010 Kaohsiung mayoral election with 52.80% of the votes.[50] This was the first Kaohsiung mayoral election held after the city became a special municipality under the Local Government Act, which also paved the way for the merger of Kaohsiung City and Kaohsiung County.[51]

2010 Kaohsiung mayoral election result[52]
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic Progressive Party 3 Chen Chu 821,089 52.80%
Independent 1 Yang Chiu-hsing 414,950 26.68%
Kuomintang 2 Huang Chao-shun 319,171 20.52%
Total 1,555,210 100.00%
Voter turnout 72.52%

2014 gas explosions[edit]

Kaohsiung residents criticized Chen for taking an apathetic attitude in the 2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions.[53] The Kuomintang caucus in the Kaohsiung City Council sued her for negligence which led to casualties.[54] A subpoena was issued to Chen and three other municipal officials on 22 September 2014.[55] The Kaohsiung District Prosecutors' Office decided on 18 December 2014 not to indict Chen.[56]

2014 Kaohsiung mayoral election[edit]

Chen launched her second reelection campaign in 2014 and defeated the Kuomintang candidate Yang Chiu-hsing in the mayoral election, held on 29 November 2014, with 68.09% of the votes.[57]

2014 Kaohsiung mayoral election result[58]
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Chou Ko-sheng Independent 14,925 1.02%
2 Chen Chu DPP 993,300 68.09%
3 Yang Chiu-hsing KMT 450,647 30.89%

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Chen was elected before and after the merge of the Kaohsiung City and Kaohsiung County. She was the 3rd Mayor of Kaohsiung City (before) and 1st Mayor of Kaohsiung (after).
  2. ^ as the Magistrate of the Kaohsiung County that was merged into Kaohsiung City in 2010.
  3. ^ Membership suspended since 2020 during the tenure as the President of Control Yuan

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Government offices
Preceded by
Chan Huo-shen
 Minister of the Council of Labor Affairs
2000-2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Yeh Chu-lan (Acting)
 Mayor of Kaohsiung
2006–2018 		Succeeded by
Hsu Li-ming (Acting)
Preceded by
Liu Chien-sin (Acting)
 Secretary-General to the President
2018–2020 		Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Control Yuan
2020–present 		Incumbent
Preceded by
New office
 Chair of the National Human Rights Commission
2020–present
Party political offices
Preceded by Leader of the Democratic Progressive Party
Acting
2012 		Succeeded by
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