Huang Wei-che

Huang Wei-che
Huang Wei-che
黃偉哲
	Official portrait, 2016
2nd Mayor of Tainan
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 December 2018
Deputy	See list Yeh Tser-shan; Chao Chin-hui;
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 Tainan City II (2012–2018)Tainan County II (2008–2012)Tainan County (2005–2008);
Personal details
Born	26 September 1963 (age 61); Cigu, Tainan, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwan
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Relatives	Joyce Huang (sister); Su Tzu-yun (brother); Alex Huang (cousin)
Education	National Taiwan University (BA); Harvard University (MA); Yale University (MA)

Huang Wei-che (Chinese: 黃偉哲; 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
1	Huang Wei-che	Democratic Progressive Party	367,518	38.02%
2	Kao Su-po	Kuomintang	312,874	32.37%
3	Lin Yi-feng (林義豐)	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%

References

^ Kao, Evelyn (24 November 2018). "DPP's Huang Wei-che elected Tainan mayor". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
^ "市長簡介臺南市長黃偉哲". 臺南市政府全球資訊網 (in Chinese). Taiwan. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
^ "Huang, Wei-Che". Legislative Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan). 23 July 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ "黃偉哲委員". 立法院 (in Chinese). Taiwan. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
^ 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.
^ "2018 Local Elections". Archived from the original on 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
^ "2018 ー 107年直轄市長選舉". Central Election Commission (in Chinese). Taiwan. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

External links

Huang Wei-che on Facebook

Political offices
Preceded by Li Meng-yen Acting	Mayor of Tainan 2018–present	Incumbent

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[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. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

[3] "Huang, Wei-Che". Legislative Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan). 23 July 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

[4] "黃偉哲委員". 立法院 (in Chinese). Taiwan. 23 July 2013. 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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