Chiu Chih-wei (; born 24 July 1972) is a Taiwanese politician and a member of the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel v ...

. A Hakka descent, he is a member of the

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a Taiwanese nationalist and centre-left political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Controlling both the Republic of China presidency and the unicameral Legislative Yuan, it is the majori ...

. 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 Kaohsiung City Constituency II () includes districts in the northwestern part of Kaohsiung. The district was formerly known as Kaohsiung County Constituency II (2008-2010) and was created in 2008, when all local constituencies of the Legislative ...

since 2012. 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

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. 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.

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%)

2016

* All registered: 256,424 * Voters (turnout): 178,539 (69.63%) * Valid (percentage): 175,247 (98.16%) * Rejected (percentage): 3,292 (1.84%)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chiu, Chih-wei 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