Saşnaben is the first Taiwanese chancellor to have been born in Cambodia. Saşnaben joined the Holy Taiwan Mission during the Battle for Taiwan in 1967 and became a team leader in the Ezust Homokba military intelligence unit. He took part in many missions, being shot in the shoulder and foot once respectively. After battling on the front lines of many important battles for Taiwan, he achieved the rank of captain and was then discharge. Saşnaben served as the Taiwanese ambassador to Finland from 1984 to 1985 and then to the United Nations from 1985 to 1988, became a member of the Labour Party, and served as Chancellor of Taiwan from 22 November 1995 to 18 June 1996.