Yang Wen-ke
Yang Wen-ke | |
|---|---|
楊文科 | |
 Official portrait, 2018 | |
| 11th Magistrate of Hsinchu County | |
| Assumed office 25 December 2018 | |
| Deputy | Chen Jian-hsien |
| Preceded by | Chiu Ching-chun |
| 10th Deputy Magistrate of Hsinchu | |
| In office 16 July 2016 – 31 July 2018 | |
| Magistrate | Chiu Ching-chun |
| Preceded by | Hsu Kan-mei |
| Succeeded by | Chen Jian-hsien |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 March 1951 Emei, Hsinchu County, Taiwan |
| Nationality | Taiwan |
| Political party | Kuomintang |
Yang Wen-ke (traditional Chinese: 楊文科; simplified Chinese: 杨文科; pinyin: Yáng Wénkē; born 22 March 1951) is a Taiwanese politician who is the current magistrate of Hsinchu County since 25 December 2018 after winning the 2018 Taiwanese local elections on 24 November 2018.[1]
Political career
[edit]Hsinchu County deputy magistrate
[edit]On 1 October 2016, Yang attended the North Taiwan Regional Development Committee's deputy leaders meeting held at Kinmen to discuss the expanded Taiwan Agricultural Product Joint Sales Exhibition. Yang participated by bringing high-quality agricultural produce from Hsinchu County to the exhibition to help promoting them.[2]
2018 Hsinchu County magistrate election
[edit]On 13 June 2018, the Central Standing Committee of Kuomintang accepted the nomination of Yang as the party's candidate for the 2018 local election.[3]
| 2018 Kuomintang Hsinchu County magistrate primary results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Place | Results | ||
| Yang Wen-ke | Called In | Walkover | ||
| Lin Wei-chou | Failure to get party's nomination | - | ||
| 2018 Hsinchu County mayoral results[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | Elected |
| 1 | Yang Wen-ke |  Kuomintang | 107,877 | 38.20% |  |
| 2 | Yeh Fang-tung (葉芳棟) | .svg){kind=icon} Independent | 5,168 | 1.83% | |
| 3 | Cheng Chao-fang (鄭朝方) | Democratic Progressive Party | 78,170 | 27.68% | |
| 4 | Hsu Hsin-ying |  Minkuotang | 91,190 | 32.29% | |
| Total voters | 427,652 | ||||
| Valid votes | 282,405 | ||||
| Invalid votes | |||||
| Voter turnout | 66.03% | ||||
Bribery investigation and indictment
[edit]In July 2024, following a probe into mismanagement of the Wonder World 520 project that led to several construction site incidents, Hsinchu prosecutors indicted Yang along with other officials on charges of profiting from bribes and abuse of authority in connection with the real estate project in Jhubei.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Yeh, Joseph (25 November 2018). "KMT's Yang takes Hsinchu County magistrate seat". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ General Development Department (6 October 2016). "2016 Taiwan Agricultural Product Joint Sales Exhibition, Hsinchu County's Agricultural Products Won Rave Reviews". Hsinchu County Government. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ Shih, Hsiao-kuang; Chung, Jake (14 June 2018). "KMT picks Yang Wen-ke for Hsinchu race". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ "Hsinchu County Municipal Mayor Election 2018". Archived from the original on 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
- ^ Huang, Mei-chu; Pan, Jason (18 July 2024). "Prosecutors indict Hsinchu County Commissioner Yang". Taipei Times.
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