Chiu Chih-wei


Chuu Chih-wei 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. 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

Chuh 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.

Electoral Records

Incumbents are in bold

2012

OrderCandidatePartyVotesPercentageElected
1Chiu Chih-wei96,81850.42%
2Sie Jhang-li Independent politician2,3011.20%
3Lin Yi-shih Kuomintang92,90248.38%

2016

OrderCandidatePartyVotesPercentageElected
1Chiu Chih-wei110,81963.24%
2Huang Yun-han Kuomintang61,18634.91%
3Huang jin-lingChinese Reunification Party6280.36%
4Li Bai-rong Trees Party1,7330.99%
5Ceng Ying-feng Free Taiwan Party8810.50%