Yang Wen-ke

Yang Wen-ke (traditional Chinese: 楊文科; simplified Chinese: 杨文科; 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]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.
Yang Wen-ke
楊文科
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
Emei, Hsinchu County, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyKuomintang

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
Lin Wei-chou Failure to get party's nomination -
2018 Hsinchu County mayoral results[4]
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage Elected
1Yang Wen-ke Kuomintang107,877 38.20%
2Yeh Fang-tung (葉芳棟) Independent5,168 1.83%
3Cheng Chao-fang (鄭朝方)Democratic Progressive Party78,170 27.68%
4Hsu Hsin-ying Minkuotang91,190 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. "Hsinchu County Municipal Mayor Election 2018". Archived from the original on 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
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