Shen Fa-hui

Shen studied law at Tunghai University, and later earned a master's degree 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]