# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-chen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:10:02.850Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-chen"
name: "Mark Chen"
slug: "mark-chen"
description: "Chen Tan-sun, also known by his English name Mark Chen, is a Taiwanese politician and atmospheric scientist who served as Secretary-General of the Office of the President of Taiwan under former President Chen Shui-bian. He was also previously Foreign Minister of the ROC from 2004 to 2006. Before returning to Taiwan, he worked for the United States Department of Commerce from 1973 to 1992, over 19 years."
tagline: "Atmospheric scientist and former Magistrate of Tainan"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Voa_chinese_Chen_Tangshan_01Dec09.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1935-09-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.57
  momentum:             1.20905782450465
  historical:           8.166458666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/tangshan.chen"
    handle:    "tangshan.chen"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "مارك تشن (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Chen"
    title: "Mark Chen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Chen"
    title: "Mark Chen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Chen"
    title: "Mark Chen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%B3%E5%94%90%E5%B1%B1"
    title: "陳唐山"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B2%9C%ED%83%95%EC%82%B0"
    title: "천탕산"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump