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. Of Hakka descent, he is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party. 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.
Chiu Chih-wei | |
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邱志偉 | |
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| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Lin Yi-shih |
| Constituency | Kaohsiung II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 July 1972 |
| Party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Education | Tamkang University (LLB, LLM) National Taiwan University (LLM, MBA) National Sun Yat-sen University (PhD) University of Cambridge (MPhil) |
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. Of Hakka descent, he is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party.[1] 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.
Education
[edit]After graduating from National Tainan First Senior High School, Chiu graduated from Tamkang University with a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree and earned a second LL.M. and then a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from National Taiwan University. He later completed doctoral studies at National Sun Yat-sen University, where he earned his Ph.D. in Chinese studies in 2007, and completed further graduate work at the University of Cambridge in England. His doctoral dissertation, completed under political scientist Lin Wen-cheng, was titled, "A Study on the Strategic Relationship between China, the United States and the European Union in the Era of Globalization" (Chinese: 全球化時代中美歐盟戰略關係之研究).[3]
Parliamentary career
[edit]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]
As the 11th Legislative Yuan opened in 2024, Chiu founded the Taiwan-African Countries Parliamentary Friendship Association and the Taiwan–Central and South American and Caribbean Countries Parliamentary Friendship Association.[4]
Electoral Records
[edit]Incumbents are in bold
2012
[edit]- 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% | .svg){kind=small}
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| 2 | Sie Jhang-li |  Independent politician
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2,301 | 1.20% | |
| 3 | Lin Yi-shih |  Kuomintang
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92,902 | 48.38% |
2016
[edit]- 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% |
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| 2 | Huang Yun-han |  Kuomintang
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61,186 | 34.91% | |
| 3 | Huang jin-ling | Chinese Reunification Party | 628 | 0.36% | |
| 4 | Li Bai-rong |  Trees Party
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1,733 | 0.99% | |
| 5 | Ceng Ying-feng |  Free Taiwan Party
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881 | 0.50% |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "委員簡介" [Biography of Legislator] (in Chinese). Legislative Yuan. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- ^ Dissertation available via NDLTD.
- ^ Hsieh, Chun-lin (27 February 2024). "Lawmakers form more parliamentary friendship groups". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
