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.

Chiu Chih-wei
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 (age 52)
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
EducationTamkang University (LLM)
National Taiwan University (LLM)
National Sun Yat-sen University (PhD)
OccupationPolitician

Parliamentary career

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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.[3]

Electoral Records

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Incumbents are in bold

2012

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  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. ^ a b "委員簡介" [Biography of Legislator] (in Chinese). Legislative Yuan. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  3. ^ Hsieh, Chun-lin (27 February 2024). "Lawmakers form more parliamentary friendship groups". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 February 2024.