John Wu (politician)

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John Wu
Wu Chih-yang
MLY
吳志揚
桃園縣長吳志揚 (cropped).JPG
Commissioner of the Chinese Professional Baseball League
In office
4 February 2015 – 16 January 2019
Preceded byHsieh Chih-peng (acting)
Huang Chen-tai
Succeeded byTsai Chi-chang
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2016 – 31 January 2020
ConstituencyParty-list
In office
1 February 2005 – 20 December 2009
Succeeded by
ConstituencyTaoyuan
Taoyuan 3rd (after 2008)
Magistrate of Taoyuan County
In office
20 December 2009 – 25 December 2014
Deputy, [1]
, [2]
[3]
Preceded byEric Chu
(acting)
Succeeded byPosition abolished; Cheng Wen-tsan as mayor of new municipality
Personal details
Born (1969-02-08) 8 February 1969 (age 52)
Zhongli City, Taoyuan County (now Zhongli District, Taoyuan City), Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyKuomintang
RelationsWu Po-hsiung (father)[4]
Alma materNational Taiwan University
Harvard University

John Wu or Wu Chih-yang (Chinese: 吳志揚; pinyin: Wú Zhìyáng; born 8 February 1969) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of Taoyuan County from 2009 to 2014.[5][6]

Early life[]

Wu obtained his bachelor's and master's degree in law from National Taiwan University. He then obtained another law degree from Harvard University in the United States.[7]

Taoyuan County Magistrate[]

2009 Taoyuan County Magistrate election[]

Wu was elected Magistrate of Taoyuan County on 5 December 2009 defeating Cheng Wen-tsan in the 2009 magisterial election as a Kuomintang candidate.[8] He assumed the office on 20 December 2009.

2009 Taoyuan County Magistrate Election Result
No. Party Candidate Votes Percentage
1 Hakka Party (吳富彤) 15,087 2.08%
2 Green Taiwan White Cross.svg DPP Cheng Wen-tsan 346,678 45.69%
3 Emblem of the Kuomintang.svg KMT John Wu 396,237 52.22% Vote1.svg

Taoyuan County upgrade[]

In July 2014, it was announced that Taoyuan County would be renamed Taoyuan and reclassified as a special municipality by the end of the year. The county-administered city, known officially as Taoyuan City, was to be renamed Taoyuan District.[9][10]

2014 Taoyuan City mayoral election[]

Shortly before the reclassification of Taoyuan County as a special municipality, Wu ran for the Taoyuan mayoralty in the 2014 Taiwanese local elections, again facing Cheng Wen-tsan, and lost.[11]

2014 Taoyuan City Mayoralty Election Result
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Cheng Wen-tsan Green Taiwan White Cross.svg DPP 492,414 51.00% Vote1.svg
2 John Wu Emblem of the Kuomintang.svg KMT 463,133 47.97%
3 (許睿智) Independent 9,943 1.03%

Baseball[]

Wu was named commissioner of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in 2015, and reelected in 2017.[12] An agreement for Tsai Chi-chang to become replace Wu was reached in December 2020,[13] and Tsai was formally elected to the post on 19 January 2021.[14][15]

References[]

  1. ^ "Taoyuan County Government - Deputy County Mayor". Tycg.gov.tw. 2013-07-29. Archived from the original on 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  2. ^ "Taiwan Taoyuan branch deputy governor Li Chao was blasting resignation allowed corruption involving land speculation - News". Newshome.us. 2013-06-27. Archived from the original on 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  3. ^ "Taoyuan County deputy commissioner loses job over allegations of corruption - Taipei Times". taipeitimes.com. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  4. ^ "Lien says nation cannot afford KMT Taipei loss".
  5. ^ "Taoyuan County Government - County Mayor Office". Tycg.gov.tw. 2013-05-21. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  6. ^ "Magistrate Li Delivered "Fo-Tie", and Invited Tourists To Visit Kinmen". Kinmen.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  7. ^ "Wu, Chih-Yang". Legislative Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan). Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  8. ^ Shan, Shelley (6 December 2014). "2009 ELECTIONS: DPP regains Yilan County seat". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Taoyuan County to become municipality". The China Post. 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  10. ^ "Taoyuan becoming power player: Wu".
  11. ^ Shan, Shelley (30 November 2014). "2014 ELECTIONS: KMT's John Wu loses Taoyuan re-election bid". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  12. ^ Jason, Pan (24 February 2018). "Reporter's Notebook: Fans indignant about the KMT's control over baseball". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  13. ^ Pan, Jason (27 December 2020). "New CPBL head eyes expansion". The Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  14. ^ "蔡其昌當選第十一屆中華職棒會長" (Press release) (in Chinese). CPBL. January 19, 2021.
  15. ^ "蔡其昌副院長親自拜訪吳志揚會長 雙方會晤相談甚歡" (Press release) (in Chinese). CPBL. January 7, 2021.


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