Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Chen Shui-bian across 3 places, from 1951 to 2006.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Chen Shui-bian (born 12 October 1950) is a Taiwanese former politician and lawyer who served as the fifth president of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Chen Shui-bian was documented, and when
18 February 1951exact date
Guantian Districtattested“Chen was born to an impoverished tenant farming family of Hoklo ethnicity in Kuantien Township of Tainan County (now part of Tainan City) on the second day of the ninth lunar month in 1950 but was not formally issued a birth certificate…”source: Wikipedia: Chen Shui-bian
2005year
Vatican Cityattested“In 2005 Chen became the first ROC president to visit Europe, when he attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II in the Vatican City (the Holy See continues to maintain diplomatic relations with the ROC).”source: Wikipedia: Chen Shui-bian
20 July 2006exact date
Presidential Building (Taiwan)attested“On 20 July 2006, opposition politicians accused that Chen had used a total of NT$10.2 million (US$310,000) worth of "fake invoices" to claim expenses after the National Audit Office found irregularities in presidential office accounts.”source: Wikipedia: Chen Shui-bian
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Places Chen Shui-bian is documented in
Guantian District1 presence · 1951
Presidential Building (Taiwan)1 presence · 2006
Vatican City1 presence · 2005
Other places tied to Chen Shui-bian in the record
In each of these, a source puts Chen Shui-bian and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
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June 1969month
National Taiwan Universitymentioned“In June 1969, he was admitted to National Taiwan University.”source: Wikipedia: Chen Shui-bian
1981 to 1985period
Taipei City Councilmentioned“Chen won a seat in the Taipei City Council as a Tangwai candidate in 1981 and served until 1985.”source: Wikipedia: Chen Shui-bian
November 1985month
Tainan Citymentioned“While appealing the sentence, he returned to Tainan to run for county magistrate in November 1985.”source: Wikipedia: Chen Shui-bian
May 1986month
Taipei Detention Center, Agency of Corrections, Ministry of Justicementioned“Chen lost his appeal in May 1986 and began serving eight months in the Tucheng Penitentiary along with Huang Tien-fu and Lee I-yang, two other defendants in the case.”source: Wikipedia: Chen Shui-bian
May 1986month
Tuchengmentioned“Chen lost his appeal in May 1986 and began serving eight months in the Tucheng Penitentiary along with Huang Tien-fu and Lee I-yang, two other defendants in the case.”source: Wikipedia: Chen Shui-bian
1989year
Legislative Yuanmentioned“In 1989, Chen was elected to the Legislative Yuan and served as the executive director of the Democratic Progressive Party caucus.”source: Wikipedia: Chen Shui-bian
18 March 2000exact date
Taipeimentioned“In an election similar to Taipei's in 1994, Chen won the 2000 presidential election on 18 March 2000, with 39% of the vote as a result of a split of factions within the Kuomintang, when James Soong ran for the presidency as an independen…”source: Wikipedia: Chen Shui-bian
2001year
Los Angelesmentioned“During the summer of 2001, Chen flew to Los Angeles, Houston, and New York City, where he met with members of the U.S.”source: Wikipedia: Chen Shui-bian
October 2003month
New York Citymentioned“In October 2003, Chen flew to New York City for a second time.”source: Wikipedia: Chen Shui-bian
October 2003month
New Yorkmentioned“In October 2003, Chen flew to New York City for a second time.”source: Wikipedia: Chen Shui-bian
2004year
United Statesmentioned“In late 2004, in effort to maintain the balance of power in the region, Chen began eagerly pushing for a US$18 billion arms purchase from the United States, but the Pan-Blue Coalition repeatedly blocked the deal in the legislature.”source: Wikipedia: Chen Shui-bian
2005year
Taiwanmentioned“The couple have a daughter, Chen Hsing-yu, who is a dentist; and a son, Chen Chih-chung, who, having received a law degree in Taiwan, gained a Master of Laws from the University of California, Berkeley in 2005.”source: Wikipedia: Chen Shui-bian
2005year
University of California, Berkeleymentioned“The couple have a daughter, Chen Hsing-yu, who is a dentist; and a son, Chen Chih-chung, who, having received a law degree in Taiwan, gained a Master of Laws from the University of California, Berkeley in 2005.”source: Wikipedia: Chen Shui-bian
3 May 2006exact date
United Statesmentioned“On 3 May 2006, Chen canceled plans to pass through the United States on his way to Latin America.”source: Wikipedia: Chen Shui-bian
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