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    Chen Shui-bian

    President of Taiwan from 2000 to 2008

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  1. Chen Shui-bian ( Chinese: 陳水扁; Wade–Giles: Chen Shü’i-bian; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Chúi-píⁿ; born 12 October 1950) is a Taiwanese former politician and lawyer who served as the 5th president of the Republic of China ( Taiwan) from 2000 to 2008. Chen was the first president from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) which ended the ...

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    • Ma Ying-jeou
  2. Apr 12, 2024 · Former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), since leaving office, has lived an odyssey that has brought him to lows like Le Guin’s dungeon. From late 2008 to 2015 he was imprisoned, much of this time in a closet-sized room shared with a cellmate, as he declined into a state of near physical and mental incapacity.

  3. Apr 25, 2024 · Chen Shui-bian (born February 18, 1951, Tainan county, Taiwan) is a lawyer and politician who served as president of the Republic of China ( Taiwan) from 2000 to 2008. He was a prominent leader of the pro-independence movement that sought to establish statehood for Taiwan. Born into a poor farming family, Chen won a scholarship to National ...

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  5. Sep 12, 2009 · BEIJING Chen Shui-bian, the former president of Taiwan who had been on trial since March on corruption charges, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison on Friday by a three-judge panel. The ...

  6. Apr 29, 2023 · Staff writer, with CNA. Kaohsiung City Councilor Chen Chih-chung (陳致中), who is former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) son, was sentenced to one year in jail for his role in a money-laundering scheme connected to corruption cases in which the extended family is involved. The Supreme Court on Wednesday handed down the one-year ...

  7. Chen Shui-bian, the former president of Taiwan who was sentenced to 20 years in prison, suffers from a series of medical conditions including depression, brain atrophy and Parkinsonism. News about ...

  8. Sep 13, 2005 · Posted on Sep 13, 2005. International. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has vowed to abolish the death penalty so that his country can become a nation founded on the basis of human rights. In making his announcement, Chen noted, “Abolishing the death penalty has become a world trend. Almost every year there is one country abolishing the death ...

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