Chen Wan-hui

Chen was born on 11 September 1974.[1] She is also known by the English name Carol Chen.[2] After completing an Executive Master of Business Administration degree at National Chengchi University,[1] she served as secretary-general of the Financial Literacy and Education Association.[1][2]

In 2019, Chen joined the newly founded Taiwan People's Party, and was ranked ninth on the party list for proportional representation.[1][3] Although she was not elected to the Legislative Yuan during the 2020 legislative election, the TPP named Chen director of its legislative caucus office.[4] She retained the post after accepting the party's nomination for the Yilan County magistracy in July 2022.[5][6] During her magisterial campaign, Chen discussed water reclamation and storage proposals in Yilan,[7] and made public appearances alongside TPP candidates for local legislative office.[8] Chen won 16,412 votes, or 6.98 percent of the vote, finishing behind Kuomintang incumbent magistrate Lin Zi-miao and Democratic Progressive Party candidate Chiang Tsung-yuan.[9] Chen subsequently succeeded Ann Kao, who had won the Hsinchu mayoralty, as a member of the Legislative Yuan.[10]