Chen Shih-kai
Transport Minister of Taiwan since 2024
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Chen Shih-kai (Chinese: 陳世凱; born 12 May 1977) is a Taiwanese politician who served as the Minister of Transportation and Communication since 2024.
Chen Shih-kai | |
|---|---|
陳世凱 | |
Chen in 2024 | |
| 30th Minister of Transportation and Communication | |
| Assumed office 2 September 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Cho Jung-tai |
| Preceded by | Chen Yen-po (acting) |
| 11th Spokesperson of the Executive Yuan | |
| In office 20 May 2024 – 2 September 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Cho Jung-tai |
| Deputy | Julia Hsieh |
| Preceded by | Lin Tze-luen |
| Succeeded by | Julia Hsieh |
| Taichung City Councilor | |
| In office 25 December 2010 – 25 December 2022 | |
| Constituency | 3rd (Longjing–Dadu–Wuri) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 May 1977 Hsinchu, Taiwan |
| Party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Education | Tunghai University (BA) National Taipei University of Technology (MBA) |
Political career
Local government and Legislative Yuan campaigns
At the time of his nomination as the Democratic Progressive Party candidate for the 2013 Taichung by-election, Chen was serving as a Taichung City Councilor.[1][2] Fellow Taichung councilor Chang Liao Wan-chien served as Chen's campaign spokesperson.[3] Chen faced Kuomintang candidate Yen Kuan-heng, the son of former officeholder Yen Ching-piao, in the by-election.[4] Chen lost by 1,138 votes,[5] considered a narrow defeat in the Pan-Blue-leaning district.[6][7] Chen then returned to his position as councilor,[8] before facing Yen again in the 2016 Taiwanese legislative election,[9] retaking his council seat after losing to Yen for a second time.[10][11]
Executive Yuan
The Taichung City Football Future Development Association supported Chen's 2023 bid to lead the Chinese Taipei Football Association.[12] Later that year, Chen joined William Lai's presidential campaign as a spokesman.[13] After Lai won the January 2024 Taiwanese presidential election, Chen was appointed the spokesman of the Executive Yuan, led by Cho Jung-tai.[14][15] On 29 August 2024, Cho announced that Chen would be replacing acting minister of transportation and communications Chen Yen-po, who had assumed the role after Li Meng-yen resigned.[16][17]
