Liu I-chou

Liu I-chou
Liu I-chou
劉義周
Chairperson of Central Election Commission of the Republic of China
	In office; 29 January 2015 – 3 November 2017
Succeeded by	Chen In-chin
	In office; 1 August 2014 – 28 January 2015 (acting)
Preceded by	Chang Po-ya
Vice Chairperson of Central Election Commission of the Republic of China
	In office; 2009 – 31 July 2014
Chairperson	Chang Po-ya
Personal details
Born	1948 (age 77)
Nationality	Republic of China
Education	National Chengchi University (LLB, LLM); University of Michigan (PhD)

Liu I-chou (Chinese: 劉義周; pinyin: Liú Yìzhōu) is a Taiwanese lawyer and political scientist. He was the acting chairperson and subsequently the chairperson^[1] of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Republic of China since 1 August 2014 until 3 November 2017.^[2]

Education

Liu graduated from National Chengchi University with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in law in 1973 and 1977, respectively. He completed doctoral studies in the United States, earning his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan in 1990 under political science professors Gregory B. Markus and Samuel J. Eldersveld.^[3] His doctoral dissertation, completed at the Rackham Graduate School, was titled, "The electoral effect of social context control on voters: The case of Taipei, Taiwan".^[4]

Central Election Commission

Liu served as the vice chairperson of the CEC from 2009 until 2014, when he became the acting chairperson of the commission after the former chairperson, Chang Po-ya, resigned from the position to take the position of the president of Control Yuan. He was then officially appointed as the chairperson on 29 January 2015.