Pan Men-an

Pan Men-an (Chinese: 潘孟安; pinyin: Pān Mèng'ān; Wade–Giles: Pʻan1 Mêng4-an1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phoaⁿ Bēng-an; born 15 August 1963) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of Pingtung County from 25 December 2014 to 25 December 2022.[1] He joined the campaign team of the 2024 presidential candidate of Democratic Progressive Party, and assumed the role as the director-general in May 2023.

Pan Men-an
潘孟安
Director-General of the Campaign Team of the DPP President Candidate
Assumed office
15 May 2023
CandidateWilliam Lai
Preceded byLin Hsi-yao (2020)
Magistrate of Pingtung County
In office
25 December 2014  25 December 2022
Preceded byTsao Chi-hung
Succeeded byChou Chun-mi
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2005  25 December 2014
Succeeded byChuang Jui-hsiung
ConstituencyPingtung County 3
Personal details
Born (1963-08-15) 15 August 1963
Checheng, Pingtung County, Taiwan
CitizenshipTaiwan
Political party Democratic Progressive Party
Alma materNational Kaohsiung Normal University

Early life

Pan was born to a fishermen's family.[2]

Education

Pan graduated from the graduate institute of continuing education of National Kaohsiung Normal University.[2]

Career life

Pingtung County Council

Pan became the member of Pingtung County Council on 1 March 1998 and served two terms until 28 February 2006.

Legislative Yuan

Pan was elected as the member of Legislative Yuan after the 2004 Republic of China legislative election held on 11 December 2004 and served from 1 February 2005 until 31 January 2008.[2]

Pan was elected again as the member representing the Democratic Progressive Party for Pingtung County 3rd electoral district after winning the 2008 Republic of China legislative election held on 12 January 2008 and served from 1 February 2008 until 31 January 2012.

No.CandidatePartyVotesRatioElected
1Pan Men-an Democratic Progressive Party59,89651.30%
Yes
2Su Ching-chuan Kuomintang50,19543.00%
3Chou Bi-yun (周碧雲) Independent6,6535.70%

He was reelected again to the office after winning the 2012 Republic of China legislative election held on 14 January 2012 and served from 1 February 2012 until 25 December 2014.[3]

Magistrate of Pingtung County

2014 Pingtung County magistrate election

Pan was elected as the Magistrate of Pingtung County after winning the 2014 Pingtung County magistrate election held on 29 November 2014.

2014 Pingtung County Magistrate Election Result
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Chien Tai-lang KMT182,027 37.07%
2Pan Meng-an DPP308,953 62.93%

2018 Pingtung County magistrate election

2018 Democratic Progressive Party Pingtung County magistrate primary results
Candidates Place Result
Pan Men-an Nominated Walkover
2018 Pingtung County mayoral results[4]
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Li Hu-jen (李鎔任) Independent9,819 2.09%
2Su Ching-chuan Kuomintang197,518 42.01%
3Pan Men-anDemocratic Progressive Party262,809 55.90%
Total voters 689,393
Valid votes 470,146
Invalid votes 
Voter turnout 68.20%

References

  1. "DPP wins Penghu magistrate race". focustaiwan.tw.
  2. "Magistrate Introduction". Pingtung County Government. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  3. "Pan, Men-An". Legislative Yuan, ROC (Taiwan). 23 July 2013.
  4. "2018 Local Elections". Archived from the original on 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
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