Chiu Chih-wei
Chiu Chih-wei | |
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邱志偉 | |
Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
Assumed office 1 February 2012 | |
Preceded by | Lin Yi-shih |
Constituency | Kaohsiung II |
Personal details | |
Born | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 24 July 1972
Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
Alma mater | NSYSU National Taiwan University Tamkang University |
Occupation | Politician |
Chiu Chih-wei (Chinese: 邱志偉; pinyin: Qiū Zhìwěi; Wade–Giles: Chʻiu1 Chih4-wei3; born 24 July 1972) is a Taiwanese politician and a member of the Legislative Yuan. A Hakka descent, he is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party.[1] He has a Ph.D. degree from the National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU). He served as Kaohsiung's chief of bureau of civil affairs between 2007 and 2011. He was elected into the Legislative Yuan representing Kaohsiung 2nd district since 2012.[2] He was reelected in 2016.
Parliamentary career
Chiu resigned his position as the chief of Kaohsiung Bureau of Civil Affairs in order to run for a seat in the 2012 election. In the 2012 election, he defeated a four-term veteran Lin Yi-shih in the general election, thus elected as the Member of Legislative Yuan for Kaohsiung 2. During his tenure, he served in two committees: Education and Cultural Committee and Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee.[2]
Electoral Records
Incumbents are in bold
2012
- All registered: 249,535
- Voters (turnout): 194,515 (77.95%)
- Valid (percentage): 192,021 (98.72%)
- Rejected (percentage): 2,494 (1.28%)
Order | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | Elected |
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1 | Chiu Chih-wei | Template:Dpp | 96,818 | 50.42% | |
2 | Sie Jhang-li | Independent politician | 2,301 | 1.20% | |
3 | Lin Yi-shih | Kuomintang | 92,902 | 48.38% |
2016
- All registered: 256,424
- Voters (turnout): 178,539 (69.63%)
- Valid (percentage): 175,247 (98.16%)
- Rejected (percentage): 3,292 (1.84%)
Order | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | Elected |
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1 | Chiu Chih-wei | Template:Dpp | 110,819 | 63.24% | |
2 | Huang Yun-han | Kuomintang | 61,186 | 34.91% | |
3 | Huang jin-ling | Chinese Reunification Party | 628 | 0.36% | |
4 | Li Bai-rong | Trees Party | 1,733 | 0.99% | |
5 | Ceng Ying-feng | Free Taiwan Party | 881 | 0.50% |
References
- ^ "第八屆區域立委初選選區提名公告" [Eighth election districted representative primary nominee publication] (in Chinese). Democratic Progressive Party. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- ^ a b "委員簡介" [Biography of Legislator] (in Chinese). Legislative Yuan. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan
- National Sun Yat-sen University alumni
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Members of the 8th Legislative Yuan
- Members of the 9th Legislative Yuan
- Kaohsiung Members of the Legislative Yuan
- Taiwanese politicians of Hakka descent
- Taiwanese people of Hakka descent
- Members of the 10th Legislative Yuan