Weng Chang-liang
Taiwanese politician
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Weng Chang-liang (Chinese: 翁章梁; pinyin: Wēng Zhāngliáng; born 28 May 1965) also known as Pasuya Weng,[1] is a Taiwanese politician who is the current magistrate of Chiayi County, serving since 25 December 2018.
Weng Chang-liang Pasuya Weng | |
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翁章梁 | |
Official portrait, 2018 | |
| 13th Magistrate of Chiayi | |
| Assumed office 25 December 2018 | |
| Deputy | See list
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| Preceded by | Helen Chang |
| Deputy Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 20 May 2016 – 8 February 2017 | |
| Minister | Tsao Chi-hung |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 May 1965 |
| Party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Education | Chung Yuan Christian University (BS) Nanhua University (MA) |
Early life and education
Born in Yizhu, Chiayi County, Weng attended Chiayi Senior High School. He graduated from Chung Yuan Christian University with a bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering, then earned a master's degree in management from Nanhua University. He was active in the Wild Lily student movement.[2]
Political career
Weng worked for the Chiayi County Government before he served as deputy minister of Council of Agriculture under Tsao Chi-hung in 2016.[3][4] Weng left the post and began campaigning to represent the Democratic Progressive Party in the 2018 Chiayi magisterial election, registering for the party primary in January 2018.[5] In March, he defeated Chiayi County Council speaker Chang Ming-ta in the primary.[3][6]
In the general election, Weng won 51% of the vote to defeat Kuomintang candidate Wu Yu-jen.
| 2018 Democratic Progressive Party Chiayi County magistrate primary results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Place | Focus Survey Research | Shih Shin | Real Survey | Aggregated Result |
| Weng Chang-liang | Nominated | 43.08% | 42.88% | 45.34% | 43.77% |
| Chang Ming-ta | 2nd | 35.57% | 36.73% | 33.79% | 35.36% |
| None of the candidates | 21.35% | 20.39% | 20.87% | 20.87% | |
| 2018 Chiayi County mayoral results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | |
| 1 | Weng Chang-liang | Democratic Progressive Party | 145,288 | 50.95% | .svg){kind=small} |
| 2 | Wu Fang-ming (吳芳銘) | .svg){kind=icon} Independent | 51,020 | 17.89% | |
| 3 | Lin Kuo-lung (林國龍) | Independent | 4,596 | 1.61% | |
| 4 | Wu Yu-jen |  Kuomintang | 84,243 | 29.54% | |
| Total voters | 428,649 | ||||
| Valid votes | 285,147 | ||||
| Invalid votes | |||||
| Voter turnout | 66.52% | ||||
