| Chou Hsi-wei 周錫瑋 | |
| Office: | Magistrate of Taipei County |
| Deputy: | Lee Shih-chuan[1] Lee Hong-yuan |
| Term Start: | 20 December 2005 |
| Term End: | 25 December 2010 |
| Predecessor: | Su Tseng-chang Lin Hsi-yao (acting) |
| Successor: | Office abolished, with Eric Chu as Mayor of New Taipei |
| Office1: | Member of the Legislative Yuan |
| Term Start1: | 1 February 1999 |
| Term End1: | 31 January 2005 |
| Constituency1: | Taipei County 1 |
| Birth Date: | 11 March 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Changhua County, Taiwan |
| Nationality: | Republic of China |
| Party: | Kuomintang |
| Otherparty: | People First Party |
| Education: | Fu Jen Catholic University (BA) University of Southern California (MPA, MBA) |
Chou Hsi-wei (born 11 March 1958) Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2005. He then served as Taipei County Magistrate from 2005 to 2010.
Chou worked for James Soong and was a member of Soong's People First Party until joining the Kuomintang in 2005.[2] [3]
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.[4]
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.[5] He registered for the Kuomintang mayoral primary in March 2018.[6] In February 2019, Chou announced his bid for the 2020 Kuomintang presidential nomination.[7]
| 2019 Kuomintang Republic of China presidential primary results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=80 | Candidates | width=80 | Place | width=80 | Result |
| Han Kuo-yu | 44.81% | ||||
| Terry Gou | 2nd | 27.73% | |||
| Eric Chu | 3rd | 17.90% | |||
| Chou Hsi-wei | 4th | 6.02% | |||
| Chang Ya-chung | 5th | 3.54% | |||