April Yao
Yao Ching-ling
饒慶鈴
Magistrate of Taitung County
Assumed office
25 December 2018
Preceded byJustin Huang
Personal details
Born (1969-11-23) 23 November 1969
Taitung County, Taiwan
Political partyKuomintang
EducationDoctoral degree
Alma materNational Taiwan Normal University

April Yao (Chinese: 饒慶鈴; pinyin: Ráo Qìnglíng; born 23 November 1969) is a Taiwanese politician who is currently serving as magistrate of Taitung County.

Education

Yao obtained her doctoral degree from National Taiwan Normal University in political science.[1]

Political career

Yao was elected to the Taitung County Council after winning the local election on 3 December 2005, making her the youngest councilor to be elected at the age of 36. In 2010, she was elected as the speaker of the county council.[1]

While serving on the county council, Yao explored bids for higher office, contesting Kuang Li-chen for the Taitung magistracy in 2009,[2] and a seat on the Legislative Yuan in 2012.[3] In 2016, Yao was appointed a deputy secretary-general of the Kuomintang, under chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu.[4][5]

2018 Taitung County magistrate election

Yao defeated Liao Kuo-tung in a Kuomintang primary and subsequently received her party's nomination to contest the Taitung magistracy in 2018.[6][7]

2018 Kuomintang Taitung County magistrate primary results
Candidates Place Results
April Yao Nominated Results not released
Liao Kuo-tung 2nd Results not released

She faced Democratic Progressive Party challenger Liu Chao-hao and three independent candidates, including former county commissioner Kuang Li-chen.[8][9] Yao won the magisterial election held on 24 November 2018.[1][10]

2018 Taitung County mayoral results
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Kuang Li-chen Independent3,049 2.55%
2Liu Chao-hao (劉櫂豪)Democratic Progressive Party44,264 37.04%
3Huang Yu-pin (黃裕斌) Independent640 0.54%
4Peng Chuan-kuo (彭權國) Independent988 0.83%
5April Yao Kuomintang70,577 59.05%
Total voters　179,706
Valid votes　119,518
Invalid votes　
Voter turnout　66.51%

References

  1. 1 2 3 Cheng, Sabine; Lin, Ko (24 November 2018). "KMT's Yao Ching-ling wins Taitung County magistrate race". Central News Agency. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  2. ↑ Hsu, Jenny W.; Mo, Yan-chih (3 April 2009). "DPP rift over Tainan poll grows". Taipei Times. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  3. ↑ Wang, Yu-chung (9 January 2012). "PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: KMT candidates keep distance". Taipei Times. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  4. ↑ Hsu, Stacy (6 April 2016). "Hung lists likely candidates for important posts". Taipei Times. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  5. ↑ Hsu, Stacy (7 April 2016). "Minister shrugs off KMT posting rumor". Taipei Times. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  6. ↑ Chung, Jake (21 December 2017). "KMT names candidates in local elections". Taipei Times. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  7. ↑ Hsu, Stacy (22 February 2018). "Chang Hsien-yao announces Taipei bid". Taipei Times. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  8. ↑ Lin, Chia-nan (21 November 2018). "2018 ELECTIONS: Two Taitung candidates sign petition on wetlands". Taipei Times. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  9. ↑ Huang, Ming-tang (2 September 2018). "Taitung candidate says surprise opponent DPP 'ploy'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  10. ↑ Hsu, Stacy; Lin, Sean; Lee, I-chia (25 November 2018). "2018 ELECTIONS: Lai offers to resign as DPP routed". Taipei Times. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
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