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Chen Yi-min | |
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陳宜民 | |
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| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 1 February 2016 – 31 January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Tseng Chu-wei |
| Succeeded by | Lí Kuì-bín |
| Constituency | Proportional Representation №3 |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Kuomintang |
| Education | National Yang-Ming University (MD, MS) Harvard University (DSc) |
Chen Yi-min (Chinese: 陳宜民; pinyin: Chén Yímín), also known as Arthur Chen, is a Taiwanese politician and oncologist.[1] He was the vice president of Kaohsiung Medical University and a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2016 to 2020.[2] Before entering politics, Chen graduated from National Yang-Ming University and earned his doctorate from Harvard University. His medical research focuses on cancer, AIDS and epidemiology.[2]
Education
[edit]Chen graduated with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) in 1982 from National Yang-Ming University, where he was first in his class. In 1984, he earned a Master of Science (M.S.) from the university's Graduate Institute of Microbiology and Immunology. After completing his compulsory military service in Taiwan in 1986, Chen went to the United States to pursue graduate studies at Harvard University, where he earned a Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) specializing in cancer research in under four years under the supervision of virologist Max Essex.[3]
After receiving his doctorate, Chen was a postdoctoral researcher at the National Cancer Institute in Frederick, Maryland, where he studied molecular oncology.[3]
Career
[edit]He was the party-list legislator of the Kuomintang in the 9th Legislative Yuan from 2016 to 2020.[2] During the 2019 protest on 2019, he pushed a female police officer and he apologized for that behavior.[1]
In May 2018, he joined the Kuomintang's Kaohsiung mayoral primary campaign. Han Kuo-yu won that campaign and was subsequently nominated as the party's mayoral candidate.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Pan, Jason; Chen, Yun (14 December 2019). "Chen apologizes for pushing cop". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ a b c "國民黨不分區增亮點 高醫副校長陳宜民出線". Apple Daily. 20 November 2015. Archived from the original on 2018-09-08. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
據了解，擅長癌症和愛滋病防治的高雄醫學大學副校長陳宜民，以及淡江大學學務長柯志恩將名列專業組，增添兩亮點。
- ^ a b "Professor Yi-Ming (Arthur) Chen". British Council. 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- ^ Hsu, Stacy (13 Jun 2020). "Kaohsiung chapter director wins KMT mayoral primary". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
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