# Andy Chiu > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Andy_Chiu > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Andy_Chiu.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Chiu > Source revision: 1345394724 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Mayor of Hsinchu since 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Chiu Chen-yuan | honorific_suffix = [MLY](/source/Legislative_Yuan) | native_name = {{nobold|邱臣遠}} | image = 邱臣遠副市長 (cropped).jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2024 | order = | office = Acting [Mayor of Hsinchu](/source/Mayor_of_Hsinchu) | term_start = 26 July 2024 | term_end = 18 December 2025 | status = | deputy = Chang Chih-hsiang{{efn|as Secretary-General of the [Hsinchu City Government](/source/Hsinchu_City_Government)}} | predecessor = [Ann Kao](/source/Ann_Kao) | successor = [Ann Kao](/source/Ann_Kao) | office2 = 8th [Deputy Mayor of Hsinchu](/source/Hsinchu_City_Government) | term_start2 = 1 February 2024 | term_end2 = | 1blankname2 = Mayor | 1namedata2 = [Ann Kao](/source/Ann_Kao)
''Himself'' (acting) | predecessor2 = Tsai Li-tsing{{efn|Vacant from 11 September 2023 to 31 January 2024}} | successor2 = | office3 = 2nd [Leader of the Taiwan People's Party
Caucus in the Legislative Yuan](/source/Parliamentary_group) | term_start3 = 1 February 2021 | term_end3 = 1 February 2024 | deputy3 = [Ann Kao](/source/Ann_Kao)
{{ill|Lai Hsiang-ling|zh|賴香伶}} | predecessor3 = {{ill|Lai Hsiang-ling|zh|賴香伶}} | successor3 = [Huang Kuo-chang](/source/Huang_Kuo-chang) | office4 = [Member of the Legislative Yuan](/source/Member_of_the_Legislative_Yuan) | term_start4 = 1 February 2020 | term_end4 = 31 January 2024 | constituency4 = [Party-list](/source/Party-list) | party = [Taiwan People's Party](/source/Taiwan_People's_Party) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1981|12|11}} | birth_place = [Taipei](/source/Taipei), [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan) | education = [Jinwen University of Science and Technology](/source/Jinwen_University_of_Science_and_Technology) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))
[Vanung University](/source/Vanung_University) ([MA](/source/Master_of_Arts))
[Ming Chuan University](/source/Ming_Chuan_University) ([MBA](/source/M._B._A.)) }} '''Chiu Chen-yuan''' ({{lang-zh|t=邱臣遠}}; born 11 December 1981), also known by his English name '''Andy Chiu''', is a Taiwanese politician who is the current deputy mayor and acting [mayor](/source/Mayor_of_Hsinchu) of [Hsinchu City](/source/Hsinchu_City) since 2024. A member of [Taiwan People's Party](/source/Taiwan_People's_Party) (TPP),{{Cite web|title=Taiwan People's Party (TPP)|url=https://www.tpp.org.tw/en/milestones.php|access-date=2023-09-11|website=www.tpp.org.tw|language=en}} he previously served as the [caucus leader](/source/caucus_leader) of the TPP in the [Legislative Yuan](/source/Legislative_Yuan). == Education == Chiu graduated from [Jinwen University of Science and Technology](/source/Jinwen_University_of_Science_and_Technology) with a bachelor's degree in [business administration](/source/business_administration) and earned a master's degree in finance and banking from [Vanung University](/source/Vanung_University). In 2010, he graduated from [Ming Chuan University](/source/Ming_Chuan_University) with a [Master of Business Administration](/source/Master_of_Business_Administration) (M.B.A.) degree. ==Political career== === Legislative Yuan === Chiu was ranked fourth on the [Taiwan People's Party](/source/Taiwan_People's_Party) (TPP) [party-list](/source/party-list) for the [proportional representation](/source/proportional_representation) nationwide and overseas constituency of the [2020 Taiwanese legislative election](/source/2020_Taiwanese_legislative_election) and was successfully elected [Member of the Legislative Yuan](/source/Member_of_the_Legislative_Yuan).{{cite web|url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=43542|title=Chiu, Chen-Yuan - Legislators|date=2020-02-01|accessdate=2024-07-26|work=[Legislative Yuan](/source/Legislative_Yuan)}} He served as the caucus leader of the TPP in the [Legislative Yuan](/source/Legislative_Yuan) from the sessions 3 to 8 of the [10th Legislative Yuan](/source/10th_Legislative_Yuan). In the [2024 Taiwanese legislative election](/source/2024_Taiwanese_legislative_election), Chiu ran for the legislative seat of the [New Taipei City Constituency VIII](/source/New_Taipei_City_Constituency_VIII) as a TPP candidate, but was defeated by [Kuomintang](/source/Kuomintang) candidate [Chang Chih-lun](/source/Chang_Chih-lun). === Hsinchu City Government === After Chiu's tenure as legislator ended, he was appointed Deputy Mayor of [Hsinchu City](/source/Hsinchu_City), a position that had been vacant since 2023. On 26 July 2024, [Ann Kao](/source/Ann_Kao), a member of the TPP and [Mayor of Hsinchu](/source/Mayor_of_Hsinchu), was suspended by the [Ministry of the Interior](/source/Ministry_of_the_Interior_(Taiwan)) from the position of mayor due to corruption charges. Chiu serves as the acting mayor during Kao's suspension.{{cite web|url=https://www.hccg.gov.tw/en/home.jsp?id=10033&parentpath=0,1|date=2024-07-26|accessdate=2024-07-26|work=Hsinchu City Government|title= Introduction of Acting Mayor—Chiu, Chen-Yuan}} ==Notes== {{notelist}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Heads of the local governments in Taiwan}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chiu, Andy}} Category:Living people Category:1981 births Category:Members of the 10th Legislative Yuan Category:Taiwan People's Party Members of the Legislative Yuan Category:Mayors of Hsinchu {{Taiwan-politician-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Andy Chiu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Chiu) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Chiu?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.