John Wu (politician)

John Wu
Wu Chih-yang

MLY
吳志揚
Magistrate of Taoyuan County
In office
20 December 2009  25 December 2014
Deputy Lee Chao-chih, Huang Hung-pin[1]
Ye Shi-wen, Huang Hung-pin[2]
Huang Hung-pin[3]
Preceded by Eric Chu
Huang Min-kon (acting)
Succeeded by Position abolished; Cheng Wen-tsan as mayor of new municipality
Personal details
Born 8 February 1969 (1969-02-08) (age 46)
Zhongli City, Taoyuan County (now Zhongli District, Taoyuan City), Taiwan
Nationality  Republic of China
Political party Kuomintang
Relations Wu Po-hsiung (father)[4]
Alma mater National Taiwan University
Harvard University

John Wu or Wu Chih-yang (Chinese: 吳志揚; pinyin: Wú Zhìyáng) is a politician in the Republic of China. He was the Magistrate of Taoyuan County in 2009-2014.[5][6]

Taoyuan County Magistrate

2009 Taoyuan County Magistrate election

Wu was elected to be the Magistrate of Taoyuan County on 5 December 2009 after winning the 2009 Republic of China local election under Kuomintang and assumed office position on 20 December 2009.

2009 Taoyuan County Magistrate Election Result
No. Party Candidate Votes Percentage
1Hakka PartyWu Futong (吳富彤)15,0872.08%
2 DPPCheng Wen-tsan346,67845.69%
3 KMTJohn Wu396,23752.22%

Taoyuan County upgrade

In July 2014, with the future plan to upgrade Taoyuan County becomes special municipality in end of 2014, Wu said that the Taoyuan name will only be Taoyuan without the City name. The current county-controlled city Taoyuan City name will become Taoyuan District to avoid confusion after the upgrade.[7][8]

2014 Taoyuan City Mayor election

In 2014, Wu joined the 2014 Republic of China municipal election to be the Kuomintang Mayor candidate of the soon to be formed Taoyuan City, going against Cheng Wen-tsan of the Democratic Progressive Party.[4] However, he lost to Cheng.

2014 Taoyuan City Mayoralty Election Result
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Cheng Wen-tsan DPP492,414 51.00%
2John Wu KMT463,133 47.97%
3Hsu Jiu-chih (許睿智)Independent9,943 1.03%

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