Wu Chi-wai
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The Honourable Wu Chi-wai MH |
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| 胡志偉 | |
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| Chairman of the Democratic Party | |
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Assumed office 4 December 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Emily Lau |
| Member of the Legislative Council | |
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Assumed office 1 October 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Fred Li |
| Constituency | Kowloon East |
| Member of the Urban Council | |
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In office 1 April 1995 – 31 December 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Cecilia Yeung |
| Constituency | Choi Hung Wan and Ngau Chi Wan |
| Member of the Wong Tai Sin District Council | |
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Assumed office 1 January 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Chan Chau-Faan |
| Constituency | King Fu |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
18 October 1962 Hong Kong |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Alma mater |
Queen's College University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee |
| Occupation | Legislative Councillor District Councillor |
Wu Chi-wai, MH (Chinese: 胡志偉, born 18 October 1962) is a Hong Kong politician. He is the current chairman of Democratic Party since 2016 and a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Kowloon East constituency since 2012. He has also been a member of Wong Tai Sin District Council since 1999 and member of the Urban Council from 1995 to 1999.
Wu was born in Hong Kong in 1962 to a grassroots family, had been living in squatter area, Kowloon Walled City, Shun Lee Estate and Wong Tai Sin. He was educated at the Queen's College, Hong Kong and joined social work after he graduated in 1981. He furthered his education at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and obtained a master degree in Economics in 1991. Subsequently, Wu returned to Hong Kong and worked as an assistant for Legislative Councillor Conrad Lam, who was also a member of the pro-democracy party United Democrats of Hong Kong, which later transformed into the Democratic Party in 1994.
In the 1994 District Board election, Wu represented the Democratic Party who ran in the Upper Wong Tai Sin Estate but was defeated by Lam Man-fai of the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) by a narrow margin of 94 votes. He subsequently got elected in the 1995 Urban Council election, beating veteran Urban Councillor Cecilia Yeung in Choi Hung Wan and Ngau Chi Wan and becoming among the last members of the Urban Council before it was abolished in 1999.
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