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 |
| Education | Fu Jen Catholic University (BA) University of Southern California (MPA, MBA) |
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 then earned a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) and a Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) from the 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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