Chiu Chih-wei

Chiu Chih-wei (Chinese: 邱志偉; pinyin: Qiū Zhìwěi; Wade–Giles: Chʻiu1 Chih4-wei3; 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.[1] He has a Ph.D. degree from the National Sun Yat-sen University (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.[2] He was reelected in 2016.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chiu (邱).
Chiu Chih-wei

MLY
邱志偉
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Assumed office
1 February 2012
Preceded byLin Yi-shih
ConstituencyKaohsiung II
Personal details
Born (1972-07-24) 24 July 1972
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
NationalityTaiwanese
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
Alma materNSYSU
National Taiwan University
Tamkang University
OccupationPolitician

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. In the 2012 election, he defeated a four-term veteran Lin Yi-shih 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.[2]

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%)
Order Candidate Party Votes Percentage Elected
1 Chiu Chih-wei Democratic Progressive Party 96,818 50.42%
2 Sie Jhang-li  Independent politician 2,301 1.20%
3 Lin Yi-shih  Kuomintang 92,902 48.38%

2016
  • All registered: 256,424
  • Voters (turnout): 178,539 (69.63%)
  • Valid (percentage): 175,247 (98.16%)
  • Rejected (percentage): 3,292 (1.84%)
Order Candidate Party Votes Percentage Elected
1 Chiu Chih-wei Democratic Progressive Party 110,819 63.24%
2 Huang Yun-han  Kuomintang 61,186 34.91%
3 Huang jin-ling Chinese Reunification Party 628 0.36%
4 Li Bai-rong  Trees Party 1,733 0.99%
5 Ceng Ying-feng  Free Taiwan Party 881 0.50%

References
  1. "第八屆區域立委初選選區提名公告" [Eighth election districted representative primary nominee publication] (in Chinese). Democratic Progressive Party. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  2. "委員簡介" [Biography of Legislator] (in Chinese). Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
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