Editing Chen Shui-bian (section)

{{Short description|Taiwanese former politician}}
{{Family name hatnote | [[Chen (surname)|Chen (陳)]]  |lang=Taiwanese }}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Chen Shui-bian
| native_name         = {{No bold|陳水扁}}
| native_name_lang    = zh-Hant
| image               = 陳水扁總統.jpg
| caption             = Official portrait, 2000
| office              = 5th [[President of the Republic of China]]
| term_start          = 20 May 2000
| term_end            = 20 May 2008
| premier             = {{collapsible list|title=''See list''|[[Tang Fei]]|[[Chang Chun-hsiung]] (1st)|[[Yu Shyi-kun]]|[[Frank Hsieh]]|[[Su Tseng-chang]]|Chang Chun-hsiung (2nd)}}
| 1blankname          = [[Vice President of the Republic of China|Vice President]]
| 1namedata           = [[Annette Lu]]
| predecessor         = [[Lee Teng-hui]]
| successor           = [[Ma Ying-jeou]]
| order2              = 9th & 12th
| office2             = Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party
| term_start2         = 15 October 2007
| term_end2           = 12 January 2008
| 1blankname2         = Secretary General
| 1namedata2          = [[Cho Jung-tai]]
| predecessor2        = [[Yu Shyi-kun]]
| successor2          = [[Frank Hsieh]] {{small|(acting)}}
| term_start3         = 21 July 2002
| term_end3           = 11 December 2004
| 1blankname3         = Secretary General
| 1namedata3          = [[Chang Chun-hsiung]]
| predecessor3        = [[Frank Hsieh]]
| successor3          = [[Ker Chien-ming]] {{small|(acting)}}
| office4             = 10th [[Mayor of Taipei]]
| term_start4         = 25 December 1994
| term_end4           = 25 December 1998
| predecessor4        = [[Huang Ta-chou]] (as appointed mayor)
| successor4          = [[Ma Ying-jeou]]
| office5             = [[Member of the Legislative Yuan]]
| term_start5         = 1 February 1990
| term_end5           = 25 December 1994
| constituency5       = [[Legislative Yuan constituencies in Taipei City|Taipei I]]
| office6             = [[Taipei City Council]]lor
| term_start6         = 25 December 1981
| term_end6           = 28 September 1985
| constituency6       = Taipei II ([[Songshan District, Taipei|Songshan]], [[Neihu]], [[Nangang District, Taipei|Nangang]])
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1950|10|12|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Guantian District]], [[Tainan County]], [[Taiwan]] (now [[Tainan]])
| nationality         = 
| residence           = [[Gushan District]], [[Kaohsiung]]
| party               = [[Democratic Progressive Party|Democratic Progressive]] {{small|(1987–2008, 2013–2019, since 2020–)}}
| otherparty          = {{ubl|[[Independent politician|Independent]] (1979–1987, 2008–2013)||[[Kuomintang]] (1970–1987){{efn|Chen participated in the [[Tangwai movement|''Tangwai'' movement]], although he was officially a Kuomintang member until 1987.}}|[[Taiwan Action Party Alliance]] (2019–2020)}}
| spouse              = {{marriage|[[Wu Shu-chen]]|1975}}
| module              = {{Infobox Chinese
|child=yes
|t=陳水扁
|s=陈水扁
|p=Chén Shuǐbiǎn
|tp=Chén Shuěi-biǎn
|w=Ch'en<sup>2</sup> Shui<sup>3</sup>-pien<sup>3</sup>
|mi={{IPAc-cmn|ch|en|2|-|sh|ui|2|.|b|ian|3}}
|poj=Tân Chúi-píⁿ
|tl=Tân Tsuí-pínn
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| education           = [[National Taiwan University]] ([[LLB]])
}}

'''Chen Shui-bian''' ({{lang-zh|t=陳水扁}}; born 12 October 1950) is a Taiwanese former politician and lawyer who served as the fifth [[president of the Republic of China]] ([[Taiwan]]) from 2000 to 2008. Chen was the first president from the [[Democratic Progressive Party]] (DPP), ending the [[Kuomintang]]'s (KMT) 55 years of continuous rule in [[Taiwan]]. He is sometimes referred to by the nickname '''A-Bian''' ({{zhi|c=阿扁}}).

A lawyer, Chen entered politics in 1980 during the [[Kaohsiung Incident]] as a member of the [[Tangwai]] movement and was elected to the Taipei City Council in 1981. In 1985, as the editor of the weekly pro-democracy magazine ''Neo-Formosa'', he was jailed for libel following publication of an article critical of [[Elmer Fung]], a college philosophy professor who was later elected a New Party legislator. After being released, Chen helped found the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in 1986 and was elected a member of the [[Legislative Yuan]] in 1989, and Mayor of Taipei in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Storm.mg |date=2018-07-10 |title=為什麼要把市府服務櫃台從125公分高降爲70公分？陳水扁揭曉原因-風傳媒 |trans-title=Why lower the city hall service counter from 125 cm to 70 cm? Chen Shui-bian reveals the reason - Storm Media. |url=https://www.storm.mg/article/460891 |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=www.storm.mg |language=zh-TW}}</ref>

Chen won the [[2000 Republic of China presidential election|2000 presidential election]] on 18 March with 39% of the vote as a result of a split of factions within the Kuomintang, when [[James Soong]] ran for the presidency as an independent against the party nominee [[Lien Chan]], becoming the first non-member of the Kuomintang to hold the office of president. Although Chen received high approval ratings during the first few weeks of his term, his popularity sharply dropped due to alleged corruption within his administration and the inability to pass legislation against the opposition KMT, who controlled the Legislative Yuan. In 2004, he won reelection by a narrow margin after surviving a [[March 19 shooting incident|shooting]] while campaigning the day before the election. Opponents suspected him of staging the incident for political purposes.  However, the case was officially closed in 2005 with all evidence pointing to a single deceased suspect, [[Chen Yi-hsiung]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-11-06 |title=馬習會拉近兩岸距離？ 80年代後雙方的交流回顧 |trans-title=Did the Ma-Xi meeting bring the two sides of the Strait closer? A review of cross-Strait exchanges since the 1980s |url=https://www.ettoday.net/news/20151106/592487.htm |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=www.ettoday.net |language=zh-Hant}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=第10~11任 陳總統水扁先生-行憲後歷任總統-行憲後歷任總統與副總統-總統與副總統 |trans-title=The 10th-11th Term President Chen Shui-bian - Presidents After the Constitution - Past Presidents and Vice Presidents After the Constitution - Presidents and Vice Presidents |url=https://www.president.gov.tw/Page/87 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122011850/https://www.president.gov.tw/Page/87 |archive-date=22 January 2025 |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=中華民國總統府 |language=zh-tw |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2009, Chen and his wife [[Wu Shu-chen]] were convicted on two bribery charges. Chen was sentenced to 19 years in [[Taipei Prison]], reduced from a life sentence on appeal, but was granted medical parole on 5 January 2015.<ref>{{cite news |date=6 January 2015 |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2015/01/06/2003608566 |title=Chen Shui-bian released |newspaper=[[Taipei Times]] |page=1 |access-date=6 January 2015 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213951/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2015/01/06/2003608566 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2010/12/04/2003490058 |title=Chen Shui-bian now prisoner No. 1020 |newspaper=Taipei Times |date=4 December 2010 |page=1 |access-date=10 December 2010 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306014142/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2010/12/04/2003490058 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Taiwan's ex-President Chen Shui-bian released on medical parole |url=https://www.dw.com/en/taiwans-ex-president-chen-shui-bian-released-on-medical-parole/a-18170429 |work=[[DW News]] |date=5 January 2015 |access-date=7 November 2021 |archive-date=7 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107010900/https://www.dw.com/en/taiwans-ex-president-chen-shui-bian-released-on-medical-parole/a-18170429 |url-status=live }}</ref> Chen's supporters have claimed that his trial and sentencing were politically motivated retribution by the Kuomintang for his years in power.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7726702.stm |work=BBC News |first=Cindy |last=Sui |title=Differing views on Taiwan trial |date=30 March 2009 |access-date=11 October 2013 |archive-date=3 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203095543/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7726702.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2012/10/chen-shui-bian | newspaper=The Economist | title=Terms of imprisonment | access-date=13 July 2017 | archive-date=27 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027175648/http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2012/10/chen-shui-bian | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2012/12/17/2003550344 |title=Chen's trial unfair, FAHR mission says |newspaper=Taipei Times |date=31 December 2016 |access-date=7 January 2017 |archive-date=27 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827134224/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2012/12/17/2003550344 |url-status=live }}</ref>