Hsu Chen-wei (; born 12 October 1968) is a Taiwanese politician. She is the incumbent

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 judici ...

Hualien County Hualien County (Mandarin Wade–Giles: Hua¹-lien² Hsien⁴; Pīnyīn: ''Huālián Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-koān'' or ''Hoa-liân-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Fâ-lièn-yen''; Amis: ''Kalingko'') is a county on the east coast of Taiwan ...

since 25 December 2018.

Political careers

Publicly known as the wife of former Hualien County Magistrate

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

, Hsu was appointed as the chairperson of Hualien China Youth Corps () during the first term of Fu as magistrate. She was then later appointed as 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 the Republic of China that both husband and wife run for the same public position simultaneously.

2018 Hualien County magistrate election

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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