Lai Feng-wei (Chinese: 賴峰偉; pinyin: Lài Fēngwěi; born 20 September 1953) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of Penghu County since 25 December 2018 after winning the 2018 municipality elections,[1] ending his term after losing to former magistrate Chen Kuang-fu.
Lai Feng-wei | |
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賴峰偉 | |
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| Magistrate of Penghu County | |
| In office 25 December 2018 – 25 December 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Chen Kuang-fu |
| Succeeded by | Chen Kuang-fu |
| In office 20 December 1997 – 20 December 2005 | |
| Preceded by | John Lieh Cheng |
| Succeeded by | Wang Chien-fa |
| Minister of Examination | |
| In office 29 July 2010 – 10 February 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Yang Chao-hsiang |
| Succeeded by | Tung Pao-cheng |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 September 1953 |
| Political party | Kuomintang |
Political careers
edit2018 Penghu County magistrate election
edit| 2018 Kuomintang Penghu County magistrate primary results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Place | Results | ||
| Lai Feng-wei | Called In | Called in after negotiation | ||
| 2018 Penghu County mayoral results[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | |
| 1 | On Lee-la (翁珍聖) | Independent | 1,379 | 2.61% | |
| 2 | Cheng Ching-fa (鄭清發) | Independent | 4,330 | 8.18% | |
| 3 | Chen Ta-sung (陳大松) | Independent | 5,822 | 11.00% | |
| 4 | Wu Cheng-lung (吳政隆) | Independent | 2,999 | 5.67% | |
| 5 | Lai Feng-wei | Kuomintang | 20,570 | 38.87% | |
| 6 | Chen Kuang-fu | Democratic Progressive Party | 17,347 | 32.78% | |
| 7 | Lu Hwa-yuann (呂華苑) | Independent | 468 | 0.88% | |
| Total voters | 86,603 | ||||
| Valid votes | 52,915 | ||||
| Invalid votes | |||||
| Voter turnout | 61.10% | ||||
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2019 Mainland China visit
editOn 12 August 2019, Lai, along with Lienchiang County Magistrate Liu Cheng-ying and Kinmen County Magistrate Yang Cheng-wu, visited Beijing and met with Taiwan Affairs Office Director Liu Jieyi requesting Mainland China government to lift up individual travel ban of Mainland Chinese tourists to the three counties due to the constraint cross-strait relations. The mainland government eventually agreed to lift up the ban on 20 September 2019.[3]
References
edit- ^ Yen, William (24 November 2018). "Kuomintang reclaims Penghu County seat". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ^ "2018 Local Elections". Archived from the original on 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
- ^ "China to lift individual travel ban for Taiwan's offshore counties". Taiwan News. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Lai Feng-wei.
