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Chou Hsi-wei (Chinese: 周錫瑋; pinyin: Zhōu Xíwěi; Wade–Giles: Chou Hsi-wei, born 11 March 1958) is a former Taipei County magistrate in Taiwan. He was formerly a member of the People's First Party, but switched allegiance to the Kuomintang shortly before the county chief elections. He previously served as a legislator in the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China.
Education
Chou earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Fu Jen Catholic University and master's degree in business administration and public administration from University of Southern California in the United States.
Political career
Chou served two terms on the Legislative Yuan before he was elected as the Magistrate of Taipei County in the 2005 Republic of China local election held on 3 December 2005 and took office on 20 December 2005. In October 2017, Chou declared his candidacy for the New Taipei mayoralty. He registered for the Kuomintang mayoral primary in March 2018. In February 2019, Chou announced his bid for the 2020 Kuomintang presidential nomination.
| 2019 Kuomintang Republic of China presidential primary results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Place | Result | ||
| Han Kuo-yu | Nominated | 44.81% | ||
| Terry Gou | 2nd | 27.73% | ||
| Eric Chu | 3rd | 17.90% | ||
| Chou Hsi-wei | 4th | 6.02% | ||
| Chang Ya-chung | 5th | 3.54% | ||
