# Chester Chou

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**Chou Wan-lai** (; born 12 October 1951), also known by his English name **Chester Chou**, is a Taiwanese politician. He was the deputy secretary-general of the [Legislative Yuan](/source/Legislative_Yuan) from 1999 to 2014.[1] He was appointed as the secretary-general of the Legislative Yuan in 2024 by [Yuan President](/source/President_of_the_Legislative_Yuan) [Han Kuo-yu](/source/Han_Kuo-yu).

## Early life and education

Chou was born in [Dalin Township](/source/Dalin,_Chiayi), [Chiayi County](/source/Chiayi_County), on 12 October 1951. His father worked as a technician at the Dalin Sugar Refinery. After graduating from Chiayi County High School, he attended [National Taiwan University](/source/National_Taiwan_University), where he earned a bachelor's degree in [political science](/source/Political_science) in 1974 and a master's degree in political science in 1976.[2]

## Early career

Chou started to work for the [Legislative Yuan](/source/Legislative_Yuan) on 5 July 1976. He spent years in parliamentary affairs, serving under five [premiers](/source/Premier_of_the_Republic_of_China) 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]

## References

1. ["The Legislative Yuan Republic of China"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111121212231/http://www.ly.gov.tw/en/02_chief/chiefIntro.action?id=4). Ly.gov.tw. Archived from [the original](http://www.ly.gov.tw/en/02_chief/chiefIntro.action?id=4) on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2014.

1. ["The Legislative Yuan Republic of China"](https://archive.today/20140426180116/http://webarchive.ncl.edu.tw/archive/disk19/24/00/87/10/20/200711263055/20110618/web/ly.gov.tw/en/02_chief/chiefIntrodcfd.html?id=4). Webarchive.ncl.edu.tw. Archived from [the original](http://webarchive.ncl.edu.tw/archive/disk19/24/00/87/10/20/200711263055/20110618/web/ly.gov.tw/en/02_chief/chiefIntrodcfd.html?id=4) on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.

1. ["The Legislative Yuan Republic of China"](https://archive.today/20140426180057/http://webarchive.ncl.edu.tw/archive/disk19/24/00/87/10/20/200711263055/20110618/web/ly.gov.tw/en/02_chief/chiefBiographydcfd.html?id=4). Webarchive.ncl.edu.tw. Archived from [the original](http://webarchive.ncl.edu.tw/archive/disk19/24/00/87/10/20/200711263055/20110618/web/ly.gov.tw/en/02_chief/chiefBiographydcfd.html?id=4) on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2014.

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