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Huang Wei-che

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Huang.
Huang Wei-che
黃偉哲
Official portrait, 2016
2nd Mayor of Tainan
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 December 2018
Deputy
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  • Yeh Tser-shan
    Chao Chin-hui
Preceded byLi Meng-yen (acting)
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2005 – 25 December 2018
Succeeded byRobert Kuo (2019)
Constituency
See list
Personal details
Born (1963-09-26) 26 September 1963 (age 61)
Cigu, Tainan, Taiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
RelativesJoyce Huang (sister)
Su Tzu-yun (brother)
Alex Huang (cousin)
EducationNational Taiwan University (BS)
Harvard University (MPA)
Yale University (MPH)

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]

Early life and education

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Huang was born in Tainan, Taiwan, as one of five children in a family of Taiwanese doctors. His father, Huang Huihuang, was a physician. Wei-che's 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.[4]

Huang attended Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School and graduated from National Taiwan University. He then pursued graduate studies in the United States at Harvard University, where he earned a Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) from the Harvard Kennedy School in 1993, and completed further advanced studies at Yale University, earning a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) from the Yale School of Medicine in 2001.[5][6][1]

Political career

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Huang was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2018.[7]

2018 Tainan City mayoral election

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2018 Democratic Progressive Party Tainan City mayoral primary results[8]
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[9][10]
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

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  1. ^ a b "Who's Who in the ROC" (PDF). Executive Yuan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. ^ Kao, Evelyn (24 November 2018). "DPP's Huang Wei-che elected Tainan mayor". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "黃偉哲出身醫師世家 立委變市長". China Television (in Chinese). Yahoo News. 2020-09-14. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  5. ^ "Huang, Wei-Che". Legislative Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan). 23 July 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  6. ^ Government, Tainan City (2018-12-20). "Tainan City Government". Tainan City Government. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  7. ^ "黃偉哲委員". 立法院 (in Chinese). Taiwan. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "2018 Local Elections". Archived from the original on 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  10. ^ "2018 ー 107年直轄市長選舉". Central Election Commission (in Chinese). Taiwan. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
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