Lai Qingde ( Chinese賴清德), also known as William Lai, is a Taiwanese politician and mayor of Tainan until September 7, 2017. He took office as mayor on December 25, 2010 after the municipality was created as a result of the merger of the Tainan municipalities and Tainan County . He served as a legislator in legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2010. Prime Minister of the Republic of China since September 8, 2017 [1] .
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| Successor | Su Zhenchang | ||||||
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Before policy
Born in Wanli, a rural coastal town in northern Taipei County (now the new Taipei) on October 6, 1959, attended a school in Taipei City and attended Cheng Kung National University in Tainan and Taiwan National University in Taipei, where he specialized in rehabilitation. Lai then studied at the Harvard School of Public Health for a master's degree in public health, followed by an internship at Cheng Kung National University Hospital. He became an expert in spinal cord injury and served as a national consultant for such injuries.
National Assembly and Legislative Yuan
After serving as part of a support group for Chen Ding-Nan during his unsuccessful election campaign for governor of Taiwan in 1994, [2] Lai decided to go into politics himself. The next opportunity to be elected to the National Authority was in 1996. Lai won the district representing Tainan. Lai then joined the New Tide faction and ran as a candidate for the legislative Yuan, representing the Democratic Progressive Party in the second district of Tainan . [3] He succeeded in this election, and was subsequently re-elected three times in 2001, 2004, and 2008. In total, he served 11 years and was selected as Taiwan's “best legislator” four times in a row. [four]
Mayor of Tainan
2010 Municipal Election
Since 2010, during the reorganization of municipalities in Taiwan, Tainan and Tainan District have been merged into a single municipality called Tainan . After being successfully selected for the primaries of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in January 2010, he nominated himself as a candidate for mayoral election on November 27, 2010, gaining 60.41% to defeat Kuomintang candidate Kuo Tien Tsai. [5] He took office on December 25, 2010.
| 2010 Tainan Mayor Election Result | ||||||
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| Participant | # | Candidate | Votes | Percent | ||
| Kuomintang | one | Kuo Tien Tsai (郭 添 財) | 406,196 | 39.59% | ||
| Democratic Progressive Party | 2 | William Lai | 619,897 | 60.41% | ||
| Total | 1,026,093 | 100.00% | ||||
As a result of his strong mayoral election, combined with his relative youth and his control of the GP heartland, the city of Tainan Lai was considered a potential candidate for the presidential election in 2016. [6] In the 2013 poll, it ranked highest as the most popular of 22 city and district heads in Taiwan, with an approval rating of 87%. [7]
2014 Municipal Election
Lai went on the re-election on November 29, 2014 against Huang Xiu-shuang from the Kuomintang . He ultimately won the election by 45 percentage points, [8] the largest victory in any of the municipal election races. [9]
| 2014 Tainan Mayor Election Result | ||||||
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| Not. | Candidate | Participant | Votes | Percent | ||
| one | William Lai | 711,557 | 72.90% | |||
| 2 | Huang Xu Shuang (黃秀 霜) | 264,536 | 27.10% | |||
Prime Minister
On September 5, President of the Republic of China Cai Inwen announced the appointment of William Lai as Prime Minister, who is due to take office on September 8. [10]
Notes
- ↑ A new prime minister , RIA Novosti, was appointed in Taiwan (09/05/2017). Date of treatment November 23, 2017.
- ↑ , < http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/101120/17/2hi7z.html > (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Wang, Chris . DPP [d riven by factionalism as primary polls heat up], Taipei Times (December 11, 2013). Date of treatment September 11, 2016.
- ↑ Lai keeps DPP's solid grip on Tainan , Central News Agency , < http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?ID=201011270034&Type=aIPL >
- ↑ William Lai takes Tainan by storm , Taipei Times , November 28, 2010 , < http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/11/28/2003489653 >
- ↑ A look ahead at Taiwan's 2016 presidential hopefuls . The China Post (January 16, 2012).
- ↑ Tainan City's Lai tops satisfaction poll , Taiwan News, 2013-07-19 , < http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=2260571 > . Retrieved July 9, 2013. (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Wang, Jung-hsiang . Kaohsiung and Tainan's mayors win re-election , Taipei Times (November 30, 2014). Date of treatment February 21, 2016.
- ↑ TAIWAN INSIDER Vol. 1 No. 10 , Thinking Taiwan , < http://thinking-taiwan.com/taiwan-insider-vol-1-no-10/ > Archived May 3, 2016 on Wayback Machine
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