Kiku Chen
| Chen Chu Kiku Chen |
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| 陳菊 | |
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| Mayor of Kaohsiung | |
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Assumed office 25 December 2006 |
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| Preceded by |
Frank Hsieh Chen Chi-mai (acting) Yeh Chu-lan (acting) |
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Chair of the Democratic Progressive Party Acting |
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In office 1 March 2012 – 30 May 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Tsai Ing-wen |
| Succeeded by | Su Tseng-chang |
| Minister of Council of Labor Affairs of the Republic of China | |
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In office 20 May 2000 – 19 September 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Chan Huo-shen |
| Succeeded by | Lee Ying-yuan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
10 June 1950 Sanxing, Yilan County, Taiwan |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Alma mater |
Shih Hsin University National Sun Yat-sen University |
| Profession | Politician |
Chen Chu or Kiku Chen (traditional Chinese: 陳菊; simplified Chinese: 陈菊; pinyin: Chén Jú; Wade–Giles: Ch'en2 Chü2; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Kiok; born 10 June 1950 in Yilan County, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese politician who is the current mayor of Kaohsiung. She was one of the "Kaohsiung Eight," prominent dissidents arrested after the Kaohsiung Incident in 1979. She spent six years in jail during the martial law period in Taiwan.
Chen, who holds a master's degree from National Sun Yat-sen University, held senior appointed posts in Taipei City and Kaohsiung City governments between 1995 and 2000. She then served as minister of the Council of Labor Affairs between 2000 and 2005. In 2006, Chen Chu won the Kaohsiung mayoral elections and became the city's first elected female mayor. She was re-elected in 2010 with 52% of the vote in a three-way race.
On 30 August 2009, the 14th Dalai Lama accepted an invitation from Chen Chu to visit Taiwan.
Chen served as Acting Chair of the Democratic Progressive Party in 2012.
On 9 December 2006, Chen narrowly won the 2006 Kaohsiung mayoral elections over Kuomintang (KMT) candidate Huang Jun-ying (黃俊英) by just 1,120 votes. Huang filed two lawsuits against Chen's camp, asking the court to annul Chen's victory. He argued that the airing of a video on the eve of the election resulted in his loss. The Kaohsiung District Court ruled in favor of Huang Jun-ying in one of the cases, thereby nullifying the elections.
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