Chiu Chih-wei (; born 24 July 1972) is a Taiwanese politician and a member of the Legislative Yuan. A Hakka descent, he is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party. He has a Ph.D. degree from the

National Sun Yat-sen University National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU; ) is a public research-intensive university renowned as an official think tank scholars' community, located in Sizihwan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. NSYSU is listed as one of six national research universities, ...

(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 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

2012 election This national electoral calendar for 2012 lists the national/ federal elections held in 2012 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included. January *3–4 January: ...

. In the 2012 election, he defeated a four-term veteran

Lin Yi-shih Lin Yi-shih (; born 19 August 1968) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan in 2012. Education Lin studied dentistry at Taipei Medical College and later graduated from National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYS ...

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