Cheng Wen-tsan

Cheng Wen-tsan (Chinese: 鄭文燦; pinyin: Zhèng Wéncàn; Wade–Giles: Chêng⁴ Wên²-tsʻan⁴; born 6 July 1967) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the first and incumbent Mayor of the newly established Taoyuan City, having served since 25 December 2014.[1]

Cheng Wen-tsan
鄭文燦
1st Mayor of Taoyuan City
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 December 2014
Deputy	Chiu Tai-san
Preceded by	Position established; John Wu as Magistrate of Taoyuan County
Minister of the Government Information Office
In office 25 January 2006 – 20 April 2007
Preceded by	Pasuya Yao
Succeeded by	Yi Rong-zong (acting) Shieh Jhy-wey
Personal details
Born	6 July 1967 Bade, Taoyuan County (now Bade District, Taoyuan City)
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Alma mater	National Taiwan University

Education

Cheng received his bachelor's degree from the Department of Sociology and master's degree from the Graduate Institute of National Development of National Taiwan University.[2]

Political career

In the early 2000s Cheng worked for the Democratic Progressive Party's Information and Culture Department.[3]

2009 Taoyuan County Magistrate election

Cheng joined the 2009 Taoyuan County magistrate election under the Democratic Progressive Party banner on 5 December 2009. However, he lost to Kuomintang opponent John Wu.

2009 Taoyuan County Magistrate Election Result
No.	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
1	Hakka Party	Wu Futong (吳富彤)	15,087	2.08%
2	DPP	Cheng Wen-tsan	346,678	45.69%
3	KMT	John Wu	396,237	52.22%

Mayor of Taoyuan City

Lin was elected as the Mayor of Taoyuan City after winning the 2014 Taoyuan City mayoralty election held on 29 November 2014, defeating incumbent Magistrate John Wu of the Kuomintang.[4]

2014 Taoyuan City Mayoralty Election Result
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Cheng Wen-tsan	DPP	492,414	51.00%
2	John Wu	KMT	463,133	47.97%
3	Hsu Jiu-chih (許睿智)	Independent	9,943	1.03%

Lin appointed Chiu Tai-san and Wang Ming-teh as deputy mayors of Taoyuan.[5]

In April 2017, Cheng's rib was fractured after he was attacked by protesters outside Legislative Yuan who were opposing the government plan to pass a bill on pension system reform.[6] However, he did not press charges against the perpetrator because his belief in democratic politics.[7]

2018 Taoyuan City mayor election

Chen defeated Apollo Chen of the Kuomintang and three independent candidates to win a second term as mayor of Taoyuan on 24 November 2018.[8]

2018 Taoyuan City mayoral results[9]
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Zhu Mei-xue (朱梅雪)	Independent	18,200	1.76%
2	Apollo Chen	Kuomintang	407,234	39.42%
3	Yang Li-huan (楊麗環)	Independent	51,518	4.99%
4	Wu Fu-tong (吳富彤)	Independent	3,867	0.37%
5	Cheng Wen-tsan	Democratic Progressive Party	552,330	53.46%
Total voters			1,732,591
Valid votes			1,033,149
Invalid votes
Voter turnout			59.63%

References

1. "DPP's Cheng Wen-tsan scores upset victory in Taoyuan election". focustaiwan.tw.
2. "The New Cabinet". Taiwan Today. 1 March 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
3. Chang, Yun-Ping (29 September 2003). "At 17 years of age, is DPP ship adrift?". Taipei Times. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
4. Shan, Shelley Shan (30 November 2014). "2014 ELECTIONS: KMT's John Wu loses Taoyuan re-election bid". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
5. Lo, Chi-hao James (16 December 2014). "DPP mayors-elect finalize early cabinet list". China Post. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
6. Wen, Kui-hsiang; Chang, S.C. (24 April 2017). "Taoyuan mayor gets broken ribs during April 19 legislative melee". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
7. Shih, Hsiao-kuang (26 April 2017). "Taoyuan Mayor says no charges for protesters". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
8. Shan, Shelley (25 November 2018). "2018 ELECTIONS: Taoyuan Mayor Cheng defeats four challengers". Taipei Times. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2018-11-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• Cheng Wen-tsan on Facebook