# Hsu Chen-wei

Hsu Chen-wei (Chinese: 徐榛蔚; pinyin: Xú Zhēnwèi; Wade–Giles: Hsü$^2$ Chên$^1$-wei$^4$; born 12 October 1968) is a Taiwanese politician who currently serves as magistrate of Hualien County since 25 December 2018. She was re-elected in 2022, with 64.7% of the vote, defeating Kolas Yotaka.

## Political careers
### Fake divorce incident

On 18 December 2009, two days before her husband Fu Kun-chi inaugurate magistrate of Hualien, they "fake divorced" and Fu immediately appointed Hsu as his deputy magistrate. The appointment was withdrawn by the Ministry of the Interior on 22 December 2009 due to the legal issue of fake divorcing and appoint close relative as deputy magistrate.
In 2011, Control Yuan ruled that Fu and Hsu violated the "Act on Recusal of Public Servants Due to Conflicts of Interest" and fined them one million NTD.

### First Lady of Hualien (2009–2018)

Although Hsu's appointment as deputy magistrate was withdrawn, she served in other positions during Fu's tenure as magistrate. Hsu was appointed the chairperson of Hualien China Youth Corps (Chinese: 救國團花蓮團) during Fu's first term as magistrate. She was then later appointed 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).

### 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. This election was the first time in the history of Taiwan that both husband and wife run for the same public position simultaneously.
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% |
In 2016, she was elected as the member of the Legislative Yuan for the Kuomintang party-list in the proportional representation constituency until her inauguration as Hualien magistrate in 2018. Tung Hui-chen succeeded her parliamentary spot.

### 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 :
| 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 | Total voters | Total voters | 268,817 | 268,817 | 268,817 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 169,596 | 169,596 | 169,596 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | | | |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | 63.09% | 63.09% | 63.09% |
In 2018, she was elected as the magistrate of Hualien County, succeeding Tsai Pi-chung who was the acting magistrate appointed by Executive Yuan after her husband Fu Kun-chi was removed from office for stock speculation scandal.