Huang Wei-che
Taiwanese politician (born 1963)
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Huang Wei-che (Chinese: 黃偉哲; pinyin: Huáng Wěizhé; born 26 September 1963)[1] is a Taiwanese politician and medical researcher. 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.[2][3]
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- Tainan City II
(2012–2018)
Tainan County II
(2008–2012)
Tainan County
(2005–2008)
Huang Wei-che | |
|---|---|
黃偉哲 | |
Official portrait, 2016 | |
| 2nd Mayor of Tainan | |
| Assumed office 25 December 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Li Meng-yen (acting) |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 1 February 2005 – 25 December 2018 | |
| Succeeded by | Robert Kuo (2019) |
| Constituency | See list
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 September 1963 |
| Party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Relatives | Joyce Huang (sister) Su Tzu-yun (brother) Alex Huang (cousin) |
| Education | National Taiwan University (BS) Harvard University (MPA) Yale University (MPH) |
Early life and education
Huang was born in Cigu District, Tainan, in 1963.[4] He was one of five children in a family of doctors. His father, Huang Huihuang, was a physician. His sister, Huang Chih-hsien, is a political commentator, and his younger brother, Su Tzu-yun (who took his mother's surname), is a researcher at the Taiwan Center for Security Studies at National Chengchi University.[5]
After attending Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo High School, Huang graduated from National Taiwan University with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in agronomy.[6][7] He then pursued graduate studies in the United States at Harvard University and Yale University. He earned a Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) from the Harvard Kennedy School in 1993 and a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) from the Yale School of Medicine in 2001.[1][8]
Political career
Huang was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2018.[9]
2018 Tainan City mayoral election
| 2018 Democratic Progressive Party Tainan City mayoral primary results[10] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[11][12] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | |
| 1 | Huang Wei-che | Democratic Progressive Party | 367,518 | 38.02% | .svg){kind=small} |
| 2 | Kao Su-po |  Kuomintang | 312,874 | 32.37% | |
| 3 | Lin Yi-feng (林義豐) | .svg){kind=icon} Independent | 84,153 | 8.71% | |
| 4 | Hsu Chun-hsin (許忠信) | Independent | 45,168 | 4.67% | |
| 5 | Chen Yong-he (陳永和) | Independent | 117,179 | 12.12% | |
| 6 | Su Huan-chih | Independent | 39,778 | 4.11% | |
| Total voters | 1,546,862 | ||||
| Valid votes | 966,670 | ||||
| Invalid votes | |||||
| Voter turnout | 62.49% | ||||
