Lu Chia-chen
Taiwanese politician
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Lu Chia-chen (Chinese: 盧嘉辰; pinyin: Lú Jiāchén; born 1 January 1953) is a Taiwanese politician.
Lu Chia-chen | |
|---|---|
盧嘉辰 | |
Lu in July 2015 | |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 3 March 2008 – 31 January 2016 | |
| Succeeded by | Wu Chi-ming |
| Constituency | New Taipei 10 |
| Mayor of Tucheng | |
| In office 1 March 2002 – 2 March 2008 | |
| Member of the Taipei County Council | |
| In office 1 March 1994 – 28 February 2002 | |
| Member of the Taipei County Township and District Assembly | |
| In office 1 March 1987 – 28 February 1994 | |
| Constituency | Tucheng |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1953 Taipei County, Taiwan |
| Party | Kuomintang |
| Education | Chung Hua University (BA, MA) |
Education
Lu earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Chung Hua University.[1]
Political career
Lu is a longtime ally of Wang Jin-pyng.[2][3] Lu served on the township council as a representative of Tucheng District for two terms. He then was elected to the Taipei County Council, again for two terms. Lu returned to Tucheng as district leader, and ran for a seat on the Legislative Yuan near the end of his second term.[4] He was elected to the Legislative Yuan in January 2008, defeating Lee Wen-chung,[5] but did not take office at the start of the February legislative session. Because Lu held his Tucheng District post until March, the need for a local by-election was eliminated.[6] Lu was sworn in as a member of the Legislative Yuan on 3 March, after jogging from Tucheng to the Legislative Yuan in Taipei.[1][7] He faced Chuang Suo-hang in the 2012 elections and won.[8] In April, he proposed that benefits for employees of state-run enterprise be reduced because some of the companies lost too much money to justify the benefits offered.[9] Lu lost his seat to Wu Chi-ming in 2016.[10]
Controversy
Throughout his legislative tenure, Lu has been known to make controversial comments. In October 2008 he said of lawmaker Chiu Yi-ying, "The only way to make Chiu happy is to find her a husband."[11] In March 2009, he opined that the health of Kaohsiung mayor Chen Chu had turned due to bad karma, as she had ordered city officials to remove a Chiang Kai-shek statue.[12]
In April 2013, Lu's district office in Tucheng was the site of an attempted bombing.[13] A suitcase containing an explosive was discovered in his office hours after a similar item was found in the Taiwan High Speed Rail Train 616.[14] The two suspects were tracked to China and repatriated days after the discovery of the bombs.[15][16] The bomb maker asserted that the bombs would not have exploded,[17] but both suspects were indicted in June.[18] The New Taipei District Court ruled on the case in January 2014.[19] Upon appeal to the Supreme Court, both defendants' sentences were shortened.[20]
