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 current Vice Premier of Taiwan. He was the first Mayor of the newly established Taoyuan City, serving from 25 December 2014 to 25 December 2022.[1]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Cheng.
Cheng Wen-tsan
鄭文燦
Vice Premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Assumed office
31 January 2023
PresidentTsai Ing-wen
PremierChen Chien-jen
Preceded byShen Jong-chin
1st Mayor of Taoyuan City
In office
25 December 2014 – 25 December 2022
DeputyChiu Tai-san
Preceded byPosition established; John Wu as Magistrate of Taoyuan County
Succeeded byChang San-cheng
Minister of the Government Information Office
In office
25 January 2006 – 20 April 2007
Preceded byPasuya Yao
Succeeded byYi Rong-zong (acting)
Shieh Jhy-wey
Personal details
Born (1967-07-06) 6 July 1967
Bade, Taoyuan County, Taiwan (now Bade District, Taoyuan City)
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
Alma materNational 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]

Early political career

Cheng played a key role in the Wild Lily student movement.[3]

In the early 2000s Cheng worked for the Democratic Progressive Party's Information and Culture Department.[4] From January 2006, he served as minister of the Government Information Office as part of the first cabinet led by Su Tseng-chang.[5] Cheng resigned from the GIO in April 2007, after vice premier Tsai Ing-wen concluded an investigation into Cheng's influence during a sale of shares in a media company.[6]

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.[7]

2009 Taoyuan County Magistrate Election Result[8]
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%

Mayor of Taoyuan City

Cheng 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.[9]

2014 Taoyuan City Mayoralty Election Result[10]
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%

Cheng appointed Chiu Tai-san and Wang Ming-teh as deputy mayors of Taoyuan.[11]

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.[12] However, he did not press charges against the perpetrator because his belief in democratic politics.[13]

2018 Taoyuan City mayor election

Cheng defeated Apollo Chen of the Kuomintang and three independent candidates to win a second term as mayor of Taoyuan on 24 November 2018.[14]

2018 Taoyuan City mayoral results[15]
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Zhu Mei-xue (朱梅雪) Independent18,200 1.76%
2Apollo Chen Kuomintang407,234 39.42%
3Yang Li-huan Independent51,518 4.99%
4Wu Fu-tong (吳富彤) Independent3,867 0.37%
5Cheng Wen-tsanDemocratic Progressive Party552,330 53.46%
Total voters　1,732,591
Valid votes　1,033,149
Invalid votes　
Voter turnout　59.63%

Later political career

Cheng was elected to chair the Chinese Taipei Football Association in October 2022, following the resignation of Chiou I-jen in August of that year.[16]

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. Cheung, Han (11 March 2018). "Taiwan in Time: Life after the Wild Lily". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  4. Chang, Yun-Ping (29 September 2003). "At 17 years of age, is DPP ship adrift?". Taipei Times. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  5. Chuang, Jimmy (27 January 2006). "Premier Su enjoys busy first morning in his new office". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  6. Chuang, Jimmy (4 April 2007). "Premier accepts resignation of GIO minister". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  7. 邱俊欽 (5 December 2009). "吳志揚贏得不輕鬆 桃園藍綠板塊拉近". Taiwan News (in Chinese). Central News Agency. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  8. "2009 ー 98年縣市長選舉". Central Election Commission (in Chinese). Taiwan. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  9. Shan, Shelley Shan (30 November 2014). "2014 ELECTIONS: KMT's John Wu loses Taoyuan re-election bid". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  10. "2014 ー 103年直轄市長選舉". Central Election Commission (in Chinese). Taiwan. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  11. Lo, Chi-hao James (16 December 2014). "DPP mayors-elect finalize early cabinet list". China Post. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  12. 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.
  13. Shih, Hsiao-kuang (26 April 2017). "Taoyuan Mayor says no charges for protesters". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  14. Shan, Shelley (25 November 2018). "2018 ELECTIONS: Taoyuan Mayor Cheng defeats four challengers". Taipei Times. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  15. "2018 Local Elections". Archived from the original on 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  16. Pan, Jason (9 October 2022). "Taoyuan mayor becomes CTFA head". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
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