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Huang Wei-che

Taiwanese politician (born 1963)

黃偉哲

Official portrait, 2016

2nd Mayor of Tainan

Incumbent

Assumed office
25 December 2018Deputy

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Yeh Tser-shan
Chao Chin-hui

Preceded byLi Meng-yen (acting)Member of the Legislative YuanIn office
1 February 2005 – 25 December 2018Succeeded byRobert Kuo (2019)Constituency

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Tainan City II (2012–2018)
Tainan County II (2008–2012)
Tainan County (2005–2008)

Personal detailsBorn (1963-09-26) 26 September 1963 (age 60)
Cigu, Tainan, TaiwanNationalityTaiwanPolitical partyDemocratic Progressive PartyRelativesJoyce Huang (sister)
Su Tzu-yun (brother)
Alex Huang (cousin)EducationMaster's degreeAlma materNational Taiwan University
Harvard University
Yale University

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.

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

Heads of governments of special municipalities, counties and provincial cities in Taiwan

Mayors of special municipalities	Magistrates of counties	Mayors of cities
New Taipei (list): Hou Yu-ih (KMT) Taipei (list): Chiang Wan-an (KMT) Taoyuan (list): Chang San-cheng (KMT) Taichung (list): Lu Shiow-yen (KMT) Tainan (list): Huang Wei-che (DPP) Kaohsiung (list): Chen Chi-mai (DPP)	Yilan (list): Lin Zi-miao (KMT) Hsinchu (list): Yang Wen-ke (KMT) Miaoli (list): Chung Tung-chin (Ind.) Changhua (list): Wang Huei-mei (KMT) Nantou (list): Hsu Shu-hua (KMT) Yunlin (list): Chang Li-shan (KMT) Chiayi (list): Weng Chang-liang (DPP) Pingtung (list): Chou Chun-mi (DPP) Taitung (list): April Yao (KMT) Hualien (list): Hsu Chen-wei (KMT) Penghu (list): Chen Kuang-fu (DPP) Kinmen (list): Chen Fu-hai (TPP) Lienchiang (list): Wang Chung-ming (KMT)	Keelung (list): George Hsieh (KMT) Hsinchu (list): Ann Kao (TPP) Chiayi (list): Huang Min-hui (KMT)