Mai Yamada

Mai Yamada (Chinese: 山田摩衣; pinyin: Shāntián Móyī) is a Taiwanese politician.

Mai Yamada
山田摩衣
Member of the New Taipei City Council
Assumed office
25 December 2022
Constituency5th District (Banqiao)
Personal details
Born (1990-01-10) January 10, 1990
Taipei County, Taiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
Alma materChinese Culture University (BA)
National Chengchi University (MSocSc)

Early life

Mai was born to a Taiwanese mother and Japanese father from Toyama Prefecture. Her father passed away when she was a child.[1] She was a child actor for years.[2] During university time, she had been involved in politics.[3]

Early careers

She used to work at the office of Kao Jyh-peng (高志鵬), a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmaker where she became the deputy director. She also served as the campaign assistant of Yu Tian for the Legislative Yuan by-election in 2019.[4] She was the secretary of Legislative Yuan President You Si-kun.[3]

Political careers

In autumn 2021, Mai decided to join the local election of 2022. She was then elected as the councilor of New Taipei City Council after the 2022 Republic of China local election on 26 December 2022 under the DPP.[1][3]

Personal life

Mai is fluent in English and Japanese. She also learned Hokkien.[3]

References
  1. Ishida, Koichiro (14 November 2022). "Taiwan likely to get more female politicians from quota system". The Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  2. https://japan.focustaiwan.tw/photos/202211055001
  3. Wang, Hung-kuo; Hsu, Elizabeth (27 November 2022). "ELECTIONS 2022/Japanese-Taiwanese elected as New Taipei city councilor". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  4. "2022 ELECTIONS: Taiwanese-Japanese elected as city councilor". Taipei Times. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.


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