Chou Hsi-wei

Chou Hsi-wei
周錫瑋
Chou at the 2008 Tour de Taiwan press conference
Magistrate of Taipei County
In office
20 December 2005 – 25 December 2010
Deputy Lee Shih-chuan[1]
Lee Hong-yuan
Preceded by Su Tseng-chang
Lin Hsi-yao (acting)
Succeeded by Office abolished, as Eric Chu as Mayor of New Taipei
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 19999 – 31 January 2005
Constituency Taipei County 1
Personal details
Born (1958-03-11) 11 March 1958
Changhua County, Taiwan
Nationality Republic of China
Political party Kuomintang
Other political
affiliations		 People First Party
Alma mater Fu Jen Catholic University
University of Southern California
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Chou Hsi-wei (Chinese: 周錫瑋; pinyin: Zhōu Xíwěi, born 11 March 1958) is a former Taipei County magistrate in Taiwan. He was formerly a member of the People's First Party, but switched allegiance to the Kuomintang[2] shortly before the county chief elections. He previously served as a legislator in the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China.

Education

Chou earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Fu Jen Catholic University and master's degree in business administration and public administration from University of Southern California in the United States.[3]

Political career

Chou served two terms on the Legislative Yuan before he was elected as the Magistrate of Taipei County in the 2005 Republic of China local election held on 3 December 2005 and took office on 20 December 2005. In October 2017, Chou declared his candidacy for the New Taipei mayoralty.[4] He registered for the Kuomintang mayoral primary in March 2018.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Lee Shih-chuan named Executive Yuan's secretary-general(Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)-Press Releases)".
  2. ↑ "Chou causes blue-camp uproar". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  3. ↑ "Untitled Document".
  4. ↑ Lai, Hsiao-tung; Tseng, Wei-chen; Shih, Hsiao-kuang (9 October 2017). "First KMT candidate confirmed for New Taipei City mayoral election primaries". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Hsu, Stacy (8 March 2018). "Two more join KMT's New Taipei City primary". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 March 2018.


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