Chester Chou | |
Office1: | 20th Secretary-General of Legislative Yuan |
1Blankname1: | President |
1Namedata1: | Han Kuo-yu |
Term Start1: | 5 February 2024 |
2Blankname1: | Deputy |
2Namedata1: | Chang Yu-jung |
Predecessor1: | Lin Chih-chia |
Office2: | Member of the Examination Yuan |
1Namedata2: | Wu Jin-lin |
Term Start2: | 1 September 2014 |
Term End2: | 31 August 2020 |
1Blankname2: | President |
Office3: | 4th Deputy Secretary-General of Legislative Yuan |
President3: | Wang Jin-pyng |
1Blankname3: | Secretary-General |
1Namedata3: | Lin Hsi-shan |
Term Start3: | 1 March 1999 |
Term End3: | 31 August 2014 |
Successor3: | Wang Chuan-chong |
Birth Place: | Dalin, Chiayi County, Taiwan |
Nationality: | Taiwan |
Alma Mater: | National Taiwan University |
Chester Chou (; born 12 October 1951) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the deputy secretary-general of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2014.[1] He was appointed as the secretary-general of the Legislative Yuan in 2024 by Yuan President Han Kuo-yu.
Chou was born in Dalin Township, Chiayi County, on 12 October 1951. His father worked as a technician at the Dalin Sugar Refinery. Chou received his secondary education at Chiayi County High School. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in political science from National Taiwan University in 1974 and 1976, respectively.[2]
Chou started to work for the Legislative Yuan on 5 July 1976. He spent years in parliamentary affairs, serving under five premiers and seven secretaries-general. In 1989, he was promoted to be the chief of the Parliamentary Affairs section. In 1999, the section was upgraded to the Parliamentary Affairs Office, and he was promoted to become the director and consultant.[3]