Yang Wen-ke

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.
Yang Wen-ke
楊文科
Yang Wen-ke.jpg
Magistrate of Hsinchu County
Assumed office
25 December 2018
Preceded byChiu Ching-chun
Deputy Magistrate of Hsinchu County
In office
July 2016 – July 2018
MagistrateChiu Ching-chun
Personal details
Born (1951-03-22) 22 March 1951 (age 70)
Emei, Hsinchu County, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyKuomintang

Yang Wen-ke (Chinese: 楊文科; pinyin: Yáng Wénkē; born 22 March 1951) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the Magistrate of Hsinchu County since 25 December 2018 after winning the 2018 municipality election of the Republic of China on 24 November 2018.[1]

Political career[]

Hsinchu County deputy magistrate[]

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[]

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
Failure to get party's nomination -
2018 Hsinchu County mayoral results[4]
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage Elected
1 Yang Wen-ke Emblem of the Kuomintang.svg Kuomintang 107,877 38.20% Vote1.svg
2 Yeh Fang-tung (葉芳棟) Independent candidate icon (TW).svg Independent 5,168 1.83%
3 (鄭朝方) Democratic Progressive Party 78,170 27.68%
4 Hsu Hsin-ying Emblem of the Kuomintang on a yellow circle.png Minkuotang 91,190 32.29%
Total voters 　427,652
Valid votes 　282,405
Invalid votes 　
Voter turnout 　66.03%

References[]

  1. ^ Yeh, Joseph (25 November 2018). "KMT's Yang takes Hsinchu County magistrate seat". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Shih, Hsiao-kuang; Chung, Jake (14 June 2018). "KMT picks Yang Wen-ke for Hsinchu race". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  4. ^ https://www.cec.gov.tw/pc/en/TC/nm10004000000000000.html

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