Edmund Chen (businessman)

Edmund Chen Ri-ying (陳日映; April 2, 1899 - September 8, 1992) was a Tsengian politician and businessman. He is recognized as one of the most important people of Tseng's transportation sector, being one of the co-founders (and 1st director) of the Tseng National Railway (TNR), envisioning a national freeway system, and serving as the 1st Minister of Transportation from 1946 to 1951.

Bio
Chen was born in 1899, the 3rd child of 7. He attended the and earned a master's in civil engineering in 1920.

He was employed by the British and later Japanese Tsengian railway authorites after returning to Tseng. In 1946, he became the first Minister of Transportation and worked to create a national railway system for Tseng. Chen also worked to improve and pave major roads in Tseng, as back then, the roads outside of cities like Tseng City and Huanzhou were gravel and hard to drive on.

In 1951, he, Lucas Liang, and Joshua Yu founded TNR. He served as director until 1955, then he was the chairman of the board of TNR until 1962.

On September 8, 1992, Chen died of natural causes at the age of 93.