Huang Wei-che


Huang Wei-che is a Taiwanese politician and medical researcher. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2018. Huang is the incumbent Mayor of Tainan since 25 December 2018 after winning the title during the 2018 local elections on 24 November 2018.

Early life and education

Huang was born in Cigu District, Tainan, in 1963. He was one of five children in a family of Taiwanese doctors. His father, Huang Huihuang, was a physician. His sister, Huang Chih-hsien, is a political commentator, and his younger brother, Su Tzu-yun, is a researcher at the Taiwan Center for Security Studies at National Chengchi University.
After attending Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo High School, Huang graduated from National Taiwan University with a Bachelor of Science in agronomy. He then pursued graduate studies in the United States at Harvard University and Yale University. He earned a Master of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School in 1993 and a Master of Public Health from the Yale School of Medicine in 2001.

Political career

Huang was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2018.