Taiwan


Chen Shui-bian
陳水扁
(1950 - 19_)

Chen Shui-bian is a Taiwanese lawyer who served as
 President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 
2000 to 2008.  He is colloquially referred to as A-Bian.

Chen is the first president from the Democratic
 Progressive Party (DPP) which ended the Kuomintags
 (KMT) 55 years of continuous rule in Taiwan.

In 2009, Chen and his wife Wu Shu-chen were 
convicted on two bribery charges. Chen was 
sentences to 19 years in Taipei Prison, reduced 
from a life sentence on appeal.





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