April Yao (Chinese: 饒慶鈴; pinyin: Ráo Qìnglíng; born 23 November 1969) is a Taiwanese politician who is currently serving as magistrate of Taitung County.
April Yao Yao Ching-ling | |
|---|---|
饒慶鈴 | |
 Official portrait, 2018 | |
| 13th Magistrate of Taitung | |
| Assumed office 25 December 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Justin Huang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 November 1969 Taitung County, Taiwan |
| Political party | Kuomintang |
| Education | Doctoral degree |
| Alma mater | National Taiwan Normal University |
Education
Yao obtained her doctoral degree from National Taiwan Normal University in political science.[1]
Political career
Yao was elected to the Taitung County Council after winning the local election on 3 December 2005, making her the youngest councilor to be elected at the age of 36. In 2010, she was elected as the speaker of the county council.[1]
While serving on the county council, Yao explored bids for higher office, contesting Kuang Li-chen for the Taitung magistracy in 2009,[2] and a seat on the Legislative Yuan in 2012.[3] In 2016, Yao was appointed a deputy secretary-general of the Kuomintang, under chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu.[4][5]
2018 Taitung County magistrate election
Yao defeated Liao Kuo-tung in a Kuomintang primary and subsequently received her party's nomination to contest the Taitung magistracy in 2018.[6][7]
| 2018 Kuomintang Taitung County magistrate primary results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Place | Results | ||
| April Yao | Nominated | Results not released | ||
| Liao Kuo-tung | 2nd | Results not released | ||
She faced Democratic Progressive Party challenger Liu Chao-hao and three independent candidates, including former county commissioner Kuang Li-chen.[8][9] Yao won the magisterial election held on 24 November 2018.[1][10]
| 2018 Taitung County mayoral results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | |
| 1 | Kuang Li-chen | .svg){kind=icon} Independent | 3,049 | 2.55% | |
| 2 | Liu Chao-hao (劉櫂豪) | Democratic Progressive Party | 44,264 | 37.04% | |
| 3 | Huang Yu-pin (黃裕斌) | Independent | 640 | 0.54% | |
| 4 | Peng Chuan-kuo (彭權國) | Independent | 988 | 0.83% | |
| 5 | April Yao |  Kuomintang | 70,577 | 59.05% |  |
| Total voters | 179,706 | ||||
| Valid votes | 119,518 | ||||
| Invalid votes | |||||
| Voter turnout | 66.51% | ||||
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