Hsu Chen-wei

Hsu Chen-wei
Hsu Chen-wei
徐榛蔚
	KMT Party-list №10
Deputy Magistrate of Hualien
	In office; 20 December 2009 – 22 December 2009
Magistrate	Fu Kun-chi
Personal details
Born	12 October 1968 (age 55); People First Party (2000–2007); Independent (2007–2015)
Spouse	Fu Kun-chi

Hsu Chen-wei (Chinese: 徐榛蔚; pinyin: Xú Zhēnwèi; Wade–Giles: Hsü² Chên¹-wei⁴;^[1] born 12 October 1968) is a Taiwanese politician who currently serves as magistrate of Hualien County since 25 December 2018.^[2] She was re-elected in 2022, with 64.7% of the vote, defeating Kolas Yotaka. ^[3]

Political careers

Publicly known as the wife of former Hualien County Magistrate Fu Kun-chi, Hsu was appointed as the chairperson of Hualien China Youth Corps (Chinese: 救國團花蓮團) during the first term of Fu as magistrate. She was then later appointed as the captain of Hualien's Community Patrol (Chinese: 花蓮縣巡守) and subsequently the head of National Women's League (Chinese: 婦女後援會).^[4]

2014 Hualien County magistrate election

Hsu participated in the

2014 Hualien County magistrate election on 29 November 2014 as an independent candidate finishing in 4th place, losing to her own husband Fu Kun-chi.^[5]^[6] This election was the first time in the history of the Republic of China that both husband and wife run for the same public position simultaneously.^[7]

2014 Hualien County Magistrate Election Result
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Fu Kun-chi	Independent	89,048	56.53%
2	Hsu Chen-wei	Independent	5,436	3.45%
3	Huang Shih-peng (黄師鵬)	Independent	2,369	1.50%
4	Ke Tsi-hai (柯賜海)	Independent	14,954	9.49%
5	Chu Kuo-hua (朱國華)	Independent	2,218	1.41%
6	Tsai Chi-ta (蔡啟塔)	KMT	43,504	27.62%

2018 Hualien County magistrate election

2018 Kuomintang Hualien County magistrate primary results
Candidates	Place	Result
Hsu Chen-wei	Called In	Walkover

2018 Hualien County mayoral results^[8]
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Hsu Chen-wei	Kuomintang	121,297	71.52%
2	Liuh Siao-Mei (劉曉玫)	Democratic Progressive Party	43,879	25.87%
3	Huang Shih-peng (黃師鵬)	Independent	4,420	2.61%
Total voters			268,817
Valid votes			169,596
Invalid votes
Voter turnout			63.09%

Notes

^ Hsu "fake divorced" with her husband, which is the then Magistrate-elect Fu Kun-chi two days before he assumes office, and Fu appointed Hsu as his deputy magistrate. The appointment was withdrawn by the Ministry of the Interior on 22 December 2009.

References

^ 與徐榛蔚互槓李永得今公開道歉－民視新聞. Formosa Television (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 13 November 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ Chen, Chih-chung; Lin, Ko (24 November 2018). "KMT's Hsu Chen-wei declares victory in Hualien County". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ https://www.cw.com.tw/article/5123846. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Deaeth, Duncan (26 November 2018). "Taiwan elections: Wife of imprisoned ex-Hualien Magistrate elected to replace him". Taiwan News. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
^ Mo, Yan-chih (10 October 2009). "Fu files for Hualien County race". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
^ Hua, Meng-ching (23 November 2014). "2014 ELECTIONS: Fu Kun-chi sand sculpture called act of 'brown-nosing'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
^ Shih, Hsiao-kuang; Chung, Jake (22 July 2018). "《TAIPEI TIMES》 Fu Kun-chi mulling KMT Taoyuan mayor position". Liberty Times Net. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
^ "2018 Local Elections". Archived from the original on 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2018-11-25.

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[1] Hsu "fake divorced" with her husband, which is the then Magistrate-elect Fu Kun-chi two days before he assumes office, and Fu appointed Hsu as his deputy magistrate. The appointment was withdrawn by the Ministry of the Interior on 22 December 2009.

[2] 與徐榛蔚互槓李永得今公開道歉－民視新聞. Formosa Television (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 13 November 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[3] Chen, Chih-chung; Lin, Ko (24 November 2018). "KMT's Hsu Chen-wei declares victory in Hualien County". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

[4] ttps://www.cw.com.tw/article/5123846. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[5] Deaeth, Duncan (26 November 2018). "Taiwan elections: Wife of imprisoned ex-Hualien Magistrate elected to replace him". Taiwan News. Retrieved 27 November 2018.

[6] Mo, Yan-chih (10 October 2009). "Fu files for Hualien County race". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 April 2014.

[7] Hua, Meng-ching (23 November 2014). "2014 ELECTIONS: Fu Kun-chi sand sculpture called act of 'brown-nosing'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 October 2014.

[8] Shih, Hsiao-kuang; Chung, Jake (22 July 2018). "《TAIPEI TIMES》 Fu Kun-chi mulling KMT Taoyuan mayor position". Liberty Times Net. Retrieved 27 November 2018.

[9] "2018 Local Elections". Archived from the original on 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2018-11-25.

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