Wei Ming-ku

Wei Ming-ku
Wei Ming-ku
魏明谷
Magistrate of Changhua County
	In office; 25 December 2014 – 25 December 2018
Deputy	Lin Ming-yu
Preceded by	Cho Po-yuan
Succeeded by	Wang Huei-mei
Member of the Legislative Yuan
	In office; 1 February 2012 – 25 December 2014
Succeeded by	Chen Su-yueh
Constituency	Changhua County 4th
	In office; 1 February 2002 – 31 January 2008
Constituency	Changhua County
Personal details
Born	18 March 1963 (age 60); Puxin, Changhua County, Taiwan
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Alma mater	National Taichung University of Science and Technology; Dayeh University

Wei Ming-ku (Chinese: 魏明谷; pinyin: Wèi Mínggǔ; born 18 March 1963) is a Taiwanese politician. He served in the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2008 and again from 2012 until 2014, when he was elected Magistrate of Changhua County.^[1]

Education

Wei received his bachelor's degree in business from National Taichung University of Science and Technology and master's degree in business management from Dayeh University.^[2]

Magistrate of Changhua County

2014 Changhua County magistrate election

Wei won the 2014 Changhua County magistrate election held on 29 November 2014.

2014 Changhua County Magistrate Election Result
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Lisa Huang	Independent	37,593	5.23%
2	Hung Min-hsiung (洪敏雄)	Independent	10,674	1.48%
3	Wei Ming-ku	DPP	386,405	53.71%
4	Lin Tsang-min (林滄敏)	KMT	284,738	39.58%

2016 Japan visit

In August–September 2016, Wei led a business delegation to Japan to promote trade and investment in Changhua County. He also studied the development of the Abeno-ku area.^[3]

2018 Changhua County magistrate election

2018 Democratic Progressive Party Changhua County magistrate primary results
Candidates	Place	Result
Wei Ming-ku	Called In	Walkover

2018 Changhua County magistrate election results^[4]
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Wei Ming-ku	Democratic Progressive Party	283,269	39.87%
2	Wang Huei-mei	Kuomintang	377,795	53.18%
3	Pai Ya-tsan	Independent	7,402	1.04%
4	Huang Wen-ling	Independent	34,690	4.88%
5	Hung Min-xiong (洪敏雄)	Independent	7,263	1.02%
Total voters			1,031,222
Valid votes			710,419
Invalid votes
Voter turnout			68.89%

References

External links

Wei Ming-ku on Facebook

[1] "Wei Ming-ku claims victory in Changhua magistrate election".

[2] "Magistrate-CHANGHUA COUNTYGOVERNMENT".

[3] "Changhua County chief visits Abeno redevelopment area in Japan - Economics - FOCUS TAIWAN - CNA ENGLISH NEWS".

[4] ttps://www.cec.gov.tw/pc/en/TC/nm10007000000000000.html^{[bare URL]}

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