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Chou Hsi-wei (, 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.


Education

Chou graduated with his bachelor's degree in business administration from
Fu Jen Catholic University Fu Jen Catholic University (FJU, FJCU or Fu Jen; or ) is a private education, private Catholic university in Xinzhuang District, Xinzhuang, New Taipei City, Taiwan. The university was founded in 1925 in Beijing at the request of Pope Pius XI and ...
, then earned a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) and a Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) from the
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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. He registered for the
Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...
mayoral primary in March 2018. In February 2019, Chou announced his bid for the 2020 Kuomintang presidential nomination.


Notes

1958 births Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Living people Fu Jen Catholic University alumni People First Party Members of the Legislative Yuan Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Changhua County Members of the 4th Legislative Yuan Members of the 5th Legislative Yuan New Taipei Members of the Legislative Yuan Magistrates of Taipei County {{Taiwan-mayor-stub