Huang Wei-cher
Taiwanese politician
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| Intro | Taiwanese politician | |||||||||
| Places | Taiwan | |||||||||
| is | Politician | |||||||||
| Work field | Politics | |||||||||
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| Birth | 26 September 1963, Tainan, Taiwan | |||||||||
| Age | 61 years | |||||||||
| Star sign | Libra | |||||||||
| Politics: | Democratic Progressive Party | |||||||||
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Biography
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.
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.
Political career
Huang was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2018.
2018 Tainan City mayoral election
| 2018 Democratic Progressive Party Tainan City mayoral primary results | ||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | |
| Total voters | 1,546,862 | ||||
| Valid votes | 966,670 | ||||
| Invalid votes | |||||
| Voter turnout | 62.49% | ||||