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 James Soong Chu-yu (born 16 March 1942) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the founder and current Chairman of the People First Party. Born to a Kuomintang military family of Hunanese origin, Soong began his political career as a secretary to ...

and was a member of Soong's People First Party until joining the Kuomintang in 2005.

Education

Chou earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Fu Jen Catholic University and master's degree in business administration and public administration from

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in 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 New Taipei City is a special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest special municipality by area, b ...

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), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

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 Anti-Japanese sentiment in Taiwan {{Taiwan-mayor-stub