Huang Wei-che
黃偉哲
2nd Mayor of Tainan
Assumed office
25 December 2018
Preceded byWilliam Lai
Li Meng-yen (acting)
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2012  25 December 2018
Succeeded byKuo Kuo-wen
ConstituencyTainan 2
In office
1 February 2008  31 January 2012
ConstituencyTainan County 2
In office
1 February 2005  31 January 2008
ConstituencyTainan
Personal details
Born (1963-09-26) 26 September 1963
Cigu, Tainan, Taiwan
Nationality Taiwan (Republic of China)
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
RelativesHuang Chih-hsien (sister)
EducationMaster's degree
Alma materNational Taiwan University
Harvard University
Yale University

Huang Wei-che (traditional Chinese: 黃偉哲; simplified Chinese: 黄伟哲; pinyin: Huáng Wěizhé; born 26 September 1963) is a Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2018. Huang is the incumbent Mayor of Tainan since 25 December 2018 after winning the title during the 2018 local elections on 24 November 2018.[1][2]

Education

Huang attended Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School. He then continued his higher education at National Taiwan University for his bachelor's degree and at Harvard University and Yale University in the United States for his master's degrees.[3]

Political career

Huang was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2018.[4]

2018 Tainan City mayoral election

2018 Democratic Progressive Party Tainan City mayoral primary results[5]
Candidates Place Results
Huang Wei-che Nominated 41.58%
Chen Ting-fei 2nd 28.17%
Yen Chun-zuo 3rd 6.72%
Wang Ting-yu 4th 5.13%
Li Jun-yi 5th 2.11%
Yeh Yi-jin 6th 0.76%
2018 Tainan City mayoral results[6][7]
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Huang Wei-cheDemocratic Progressive Party367,518 38.02%
2Kao Su-po Kuomintang312,874 32.37%
3Lin Yi-feng (林義豐) Independent84,153 8.71%
4Hsu Chun-hsin (許忠信) Independent45,168 4.67%
5Chen Yong-he (陳永和) Independent117,179 12.12%
6Su Huan-chih Independent39,778 4.11%
Total voters 1,546,862
Valid votes 966,670
Invalid votes 
Voter turnout 62.49%

References

  1. Kao, Evelyn (24 November 2018). "DPP's Huang Wei-che elected Tainan mayor". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  2. "市長簡介 臺南市長 黃偉哲". 臺南市政府全球資訊網 (in Chinese). Taiwan. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  3. "Huang, Wei-Che". Legislative Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan). Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  4. "黃偉哲委員". 立法院 (in Chinese). Taiwan. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  5. 范正祥 (8 March 2018). "民進黨台南市長初選民調 黃偉哲大勝5對手" (in Chinese). Taiwan. Central News Agency. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  6. "2018 Local Elections". Archived from the original on 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  7. "2018 ー 107年直轄市長選舉". Central Election Commission (in Chinese). Taiwan. Retrieved 10 July 2022.


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