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, with Eric Chu as Mayor of New Taipei |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 1 February 1999 – 31 January 2005 | |
| Constituency | Taipei County 1 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 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 |
Chou Hsi-wei (Chinese: 周錫瑋; pinyin: Zhōu Xíwěi; Wade–Giles: Chou1 Hsi2-wei3, born 11 March 1958) Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2005. He then served as Taipei County Magistrate from 2005 to 2010.
Chou worked for James Soong and was a member of Soong's People First Party until joining the Kuomintang in 2005.[2][3]
Education[edit]
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.[4]
Political career[edit]
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.[5] He registered for the Kuomintang mayoral primary in March 2018.[6] In February 2019, Chou announced his bid for the 2020 Kuomintang presidential nomination.[7]
| 2019 Kuomintang Republic of China presidential primary results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Place | Result | ||
| Han Kuo-yu | Nominated | 44.81% | ||
| Terry Gou | 2nd | 27.73% | ||
| Eric Chu | 3rd | 17.90% | ||
| Chou Hsi-wei | 4th | 6.02% | ||
| Chang Ya-chung | 5th | 3.54% | ||
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Lee Shih-chuan named Executive Yuan's secretary-general(Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)-Press Releases)". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ Prelypchan, Erin (25 March 2000). "Soong's party to hold direct election". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Chou causes blue-camp uproar". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 2014-12-21. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hsu, Stacy (8 March 2018). "Two more join KMT's New Taipei City primary". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ Hsu, Stacy (2 March 2019). "KMT brass might select candidate: Wu". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
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