Weng Chang-liang (Chinese: 翁章梁; pinyin: Wēng Zhāngliáng; born 28 May 1965) is a Taiwanese politician who is the current magistrate of Chiayi County, serving since 25 December 2018.
Weng Chang-liang | |
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翁章梁 | |
 Official portrait, 2018 | |
| 13th Magistrate of Chiayi | |
| Assumed office 25 December 2018 | |
| Deputy | See list
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| Preceded by | Helen Chang |
| Deputy Minister of the Council of Agriculture | |
| In office 20 May 2016 – 8 February 2017 | |
| Minister | Tsao Chi-hung |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 May 1965 Yizhu, Chiayi County, Taiwan |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Education | Chung Yuan Christian University Nanhua University |
Early life and education
editBorn in Yizhu, Chiayi County, Weng attended Chiayi Senior High School, Chung Yuan Christian University, and Nanhua University. He was active in the Wild Lily student movement.[1]
Political career
editWeng worked for the Chiayi County Government before he served as deputy minister of Council of Agriculture under Tsao Chi-hung in 2016.[2][3] Weng left the post and began campaigning to represent the Democratic Progressive Party in the 2018 Chiayi magisterial election, registering for the party primary in January 2018.[4] In March, he defeated Chiayi County Council speaker Chang Ming-ta in the primary.[2][5]
In the general election, Weng won 51% of the vote to defeat Kuomintang candidate Wu Yu-jen.
| 2018 Democratic Progressive Party Chiayi County magistrate primary results | |||||
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| Candidates | Place | Focus Survey Research | Shih Shin | Real Survey | Aggregated Result |
| Weng Chang-liang | Nominated | 43.08% | 42.88% | 45.34% | 43.77% |
| Chang Ming-ta | 2nd | 35.57% | 36.73% | 33.79% | 35.36% |
| None of the candidates | 21.35% | 20.39% | 20.87% | 20.87% | |
| 2018 Chiayi County mayoral results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | |
| 1 | Weng Chang-liang | Democratic Progressive Party | 145,288 | 50.95% | 
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| 2 | Wu Fang-ming (吳芳銘) | .svg){kind=icon} Independent |
51,020 | 17.89% | |
| 3 | Lin Kuo-lung (林國龍) | Independent |
4,596 | 1.61% | |
| 4 | Wu Yu-jen |  Kuomintang |
84,243 | 29.54% | |
| Total voters | 428,649 | ||||
| Valid votes | 285,147 | ||||
| Invalid votes | |||||
| Voter turnout | 66.52% | ||||
References
edit- ^ Han Cheung (11 March 2018). "Taiwan in Time: Life after the Wild Lily". Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ a b Chen, Wei-han (7 March 2018). "Weng wins polls in DPP's Chiayi County primary". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ "Taiwan, India ink railway heritage deal". Taipei Times. 25 December 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ Su, Fang-ho (21 January 2018). "15 DPP candidates vie in primaries for party nominations". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ Chen, Wei-han (6 March 2018). "DPP starts Chiayi primary, results expected today". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
External links
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Media related to Weng Chang-liang at Wikimedia Commons- Weng Chang-liang on Facebook (in Chinese)
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