Hsu Chen-wei (; born 12 October 1968) is a Taiwanese politician who currently serves as

magistrate The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law. In ancient Rome, a '' magistratus'' was one of the highest ranking government officers, and possessed both judi ...

Hualien County Hualien () is a County (Taiwan), county on the east coast of Taiwan. It is Taiwan's largest county by area, yet due to its mountainous terrain, has one of the lowest populations in the country. The county seat and largest city is Hualien City. Hu ...

since 25 December 2018. She was re-elected in 2022, with 64.7% of the vote, defeating

Kolas Yotaka Kolas Yotaka (born 17 March 1974) is an Amis Taiwanese politician and journalist. From 2020 to 2022 and again in 2023, she served as spokesperson for the Office of the President under Tsai Ing-wen. Kolas previously served as spokesperson for ...

Political careers

Fake divorce incident

On 18 December 2009, two days before her husband

Fu Kun-chi Fu Kun-chi (; born 8 May 1962) is a Taiwanese politician and diplomat who serves as a member of the Legislative Yuan. He was a member from 2002 to 2009, when he assumed the Hualien County magistracy. In September 2018, Fu was removed from the la ...

inaugurate magistrate of Hualien, they "fake divorced" and Fu immediately appointed Hsu as his deputy magistrate. The appointment was withdrawn by the

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on 22 December 2009 due to the legal issue of fake divorcing and appoint close relative as deputy magistrate. In 2011,

Control Yuan The Control Yuan is the supervisory and auditory branch of the government of the Republic of China, both during its time in mainland China and Taiwan. Designed as a hybrid of auditor and ombudsman by Taiwanese law, the Control Yuan holds th ...

ruled that Fu and Hsu violated the "Act on Recusal of Public Servants Due to Conflicts of Interest" and fined them one million NTD.

First Lady of Hualien (''2009''–2018)

Although Hsu's appointment as deputy magistrate was withdrawn, she served in other positions during Fu's tenure as magistrate. Hsu was appointed the chairperson of Hualien China Youth Corps () during Fu's first term as magistrate. She was then later appointed the captain of Hualien's Community Patrol () and subsequently the head of National Women's League ().

2014 Hualien County magistrate election

Hsu participated in the 2014 Hualien County magistrate election on 29 November 2014 as an independent candidate finishing in 4th place, losing to her own husband

. This election was the first time in the history of

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that both husband and wife run for the same public position simultaneously. In 2016, she was elected as the member of the

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for the

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in the

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constituency until her inauguration as Hualien magistrate in 2018. Tung Hui-chen succeeded her parliamentary spot.

2018 Hualien County magistrate election

In 2018, she was elected as the magistrate of

, succeeding Tsai Pi-chung who was the acting magistrate appointed by

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after her husband

was removed from office for stock speculation scandal.

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* 1968 births Living people Magistrates of Hualien County 21st-century Taiwanese women politicians 21st-century Taiwanese politicians Spouses of Taiwanese politicians {{Taiwan-politician-stub