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Lai Feng-wei

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Lai Feng-wei
賴峰偉
Magistrate of Penghu County
In office
25 December 2018 – 25 December 2022
Preceded byChen Kuang-fu
Succeeded byChen Kuang-fu
In office
20 December 1997 – 20 December 2005
Preceded byJohn Lieh Cheng
Succeeded byWang Chien-fa
Minister of Examination
In office
29 July 2010 – 10 February 2012
Preceded byYang Chao-hsiang
Succeeded byTung Pao-cheng
Personal details
Born
(1953-09-20) 20 September 1953 (age 71)
Political partyKuomintang

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.

Political careers

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2018 Penghu County magistrate election

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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%

2019 Mainland China visit

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On 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

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  1. ^ Yen, William (24 November 2018). "Kuomintang reclaims Penghu County seat". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 Local Elections". Archived from the original on 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  3. ^ "China to lift individual travel ban for Taiwan's offshore counties". Taiwan News. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
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