Huang Wei-che

Huang Wei-cher
Huang Wei-cher
黃偉哲
Mayor of Tainan
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 December 2018
Preceded by	William Lai; Li Meng-yen (acting)
Member of the Legislative Yuan
	In office; 1 February 2012 – 25 December 2018
Succeeded by	Kuo Kuo-wen
Constituency	Tainan 2
	In office; 1 February 2008 – 31 January 2012
Constituency	Tainan County 2
	In office; 1 February 2005 – 31 January 2008
Constituency	Tainan
Personal details
Born	26 September 1963 (age 60); Cigu, Tainan, Taiwan
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Relatives	Joyce Huang (sister)
Education	Master's degree
Alma mater	National Taiwan University; Harvard University; Yale University

Huang Wei-cher (traditional Chinese: 黃偉哲; simplified Chinese: 黄伟哲; 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 contesting the office during the 2018 local elections on 24 November 2018.^[1]

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.^[2]

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

2018 Democratic Progressive Party Tainan City mayoral primary results
Candidates	Place	Results
Huang Wei-cher	Nominated	41.58%
Chen Ting-fei	2nd	28.17%
Yen Chun-zuo	3rd	6.72%
Wang Ding-yu	4th	5.13%
Li Jun-yi	5th	2.11%
Yeh Yi-jin	6th	0.76%

2018 Tainan City mayoral results^[3]
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Huang Wei-cher	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%

^ Kao, Evelyn (24 November 2018). "DPP's Huang Wei-che elected Tainan mayor". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
^ "Huang, Wei-Cher". Legislative Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan). Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2018-11-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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

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