Shen Fa-hui (Chinese: 沈發惠; born 2 November 1966) is a Taiwanese politician.

Shen Fai-hui
沈發惠
Shen as a member of the 10th Legislative Yuan
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Assumed office
1 February 2020
ConstituencyRepublic of China
In office
1 February 2005 – 31 January 2008
ConstituencyTaipei County 3
Member of the New Taipei City Council
In office
25 December 2010 – 24 December 2018
Member of the Taipei County Council
In office
1 March 1998 – 31 January 2005
Personal details
Born (1966-11-02) 2 November 1966 (age 57)
Xizhi, Taipei County, Taiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
Alma materTunghai University
National Taiwan University
Occupationpolitician

Career edit

Shen studied law at Tunghai University, and later earned a master's in public administration from National Taiwan University. While in college, he was active in the Wild Lily student movement and later worked for Frank Hsieh as a legislative assistant and with Chen Shui-bian's 1994 Taipei mayoral campaign.[1][2] Within the Democratic Progressive Party, Shen was affiliated with the New Tide faction.[3] He has also led the DPP's Policy Committee.[4] Following his tenure within the policy committee, Shen became a member of the party's central standing committee.[5][6]

Shen served on the Taipei County Council from 1998 to 2005, when he was elected to the Legislative Yuan.[1][7] He ended his reelection campaign in May 2007, after losing a party primary,[8] and returned to work for Frank Hsieh.[9] Shen was elected to the New Taipei City Council in 2010.[10] He lost a legislative bid in 2012,[11] but was reelected to the NTCC in 2014.[12] In 2015, the Taiwan High Court ruled that Shen and nine other city council members were not guilty of displaying their vote in a council speakership election held by secret ballot in 2010.[13] Shen was supportive of Sunflower Student Movement activist and academic Huang Kuo-chang's 2016 legislative campaign.[14] Shen stepped down from the New Taipei City Council at the end of his second term in 2018, and returned to the Legislative Yuan in 2020.[15] Shen won a second consecutive term on the Legislative Yuan in 2024, and his third term overall.[16]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Shen Fai-hui (6)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  2. ^ Chung, Jake (9 April 2012). "FEATURE: A-tsai's restaurant to be razed by renewal project". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  3. ^ Wang, Flora (30 December 2006). "DPP 'bandits' in call for rational debate". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  4. ^ Hsu, Jenny W. (13 January 2008). "Legislative elections and referendums: DPP and KMT referendums fail". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  5. ^ Lee, Hsin-fang (23 July 2020). "Presidential race: Tsai's presidential election campaign team to be ready by the end of August". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  6. ^ Yang, Chun-hui (4 June 2020). "DPP urges Kaohsiung residents to vote". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  7. ^ Huang, Jewel (28 November 2004). "DPP's plan frustrates some candidates". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  8. ^ Wang, Flora (8 May 2007). "DPP members cull New Tide and 'bandits'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  9. ^ Ko, Shu-ling; Wang, Flora (12 March 2008). "Lu readies new group to stop nuclear plant". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  10. ^ Lee, Hsin-fang (20 September 2011). "Lu readies new group to stop nuclear plant". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  11. ^ Shan, Shelley (15 January 2012). "2012 ELECTIONS: Pan-greens make gains in legislature". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  12. ^ Loa, Iok-sin (28 July 2015). "Huang Kuo-chang announces run for legislature". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  13. ^ Pan, Jason (16 January 2015). "Councilors not guilty in 'ballot-flashing' case". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  14. ^ Loa, Iok-sin (28 June 2015). "Huang Kuo-chang denies planning to run in Sijhih". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  15. ^ Kao, Shih-ching (5 March 2020). "Virus Outbreak: FSC mulls easing fines for not holding shareholder meetings". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  16. ^ Chen, Yun; Pan, Jason (16 November 2023). "DPP unveils legislator-at-large list, with Kuma Academy's Puma Shen". Retrieved 3 February 2024.