Weng Chang-liang
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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 |
| Alma mater | Chung Yuan Christian University Nanhua University |
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.
Early life and education[edit]
Born 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[edit]
Weng 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 | |||||
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| No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | |
| 1 | Weng Chang-liang | Democratic Progressive Party | 145,288 | 50.95% |  |
| 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[edit]
Media related to Weng Chang-liang at Wikimedia Commons- Weng Chang-liang on Facebook (in Chinese)
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