Lai Feng-wei
{{Short description|Politician from Taiwan}}
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| office1 = Magistrate of Penghu County
| term_start1 = 25 December 2018
| term_end1 = 25 December 2022
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| predecessor1 = Chen Kuang-fu
| successor1 = Chen Kuang-fu
| term_start2 = 20 December 1997
| term_end2 = 20 December 2005
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| predecessor2 = John Lieh Cheng
| successor2 = Wang Chien-fa
| office3 = Minister of Examination
| term_start3 = 29 July 2010
| term_end3 = 10 February 2012
| predecessor3 = Yang Chao-hsiang
| successor3 = Tung Pao-cheng
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University of Missouri (MS, PhD)
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Lai Feng-wei ({{zh|t=賴峰偉|p=Lài Fēngwěi}}; born 20 September 1953) is a Taiwanese politician and engineer. He was the Magistrate of Penghu County since 25 December 2018 after winning the 2018 municipality elections,{{cite news|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201811240020.aspx|first1=William|last1=Yen|date=24 November 2018|title=Kuomintang reclaims Penghu County seat|publisher=Focus Taiwan|accessdate=26 November 2018}} ending his term after losing to former magistrate Chen Kuang-fu.
Education
After graduating from Tunghai University with a bachelor's degree in chemistry, Lai completed advanced studies in the United States at the University of Missouri, where he earned a master's degree and Ph.D. in industrial management engineering.
Political careers
=2018 Penghu County magistrate election=
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! colspan="5" width=600|2018 Kuomintang Penghu County magistrate primary results |
| width=80| Candidates
!width=80| Place !width=80| Results |
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| Lai Feng-wei
| style="background: #000099; text-align:center"| {{color|white|Called In}} | style="text-align:center"| Called in after negotiation |
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| colspan="6"|2018 Penghu County mayoral results{{Cite web |url=https://www.cec.gov.tw/pc/en/TC/nm10016000000000000.html |title=2018 Local Elections |access-date=2018-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124220056/https://www.cec.gov.tw/pc/en/TC/nm10016000000000000.html |archive-date=2018-11-24 |url-status=dead }} | |||
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!width=150| Candidate !width=120| Party !width=75| Votes !width=75| Percentage !width=49| | |||
| 1 | On Lee-la (翁珍聖) | 20px Independent | style="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|1,379
|align="right"|2.61% |align="center"| |
| 2 | Cheng Ching-fa (鄭清發) | 20px Independent | style="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|4,330
|align="right"|8.18% |align="center"| |
| 3 | Chen Ta-sung (陳大松) | 20px Independent | style="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|5,822
|align="right"|11.00% |align="center"| |
| 4 | Wu Cheng-lung (吳政隆) | 20px Independent | style="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|2,999
|align="right"|5.67% |align="center"| |
| 5 | Lai Feng-wei | 20px Kuomintang | style="border-left:4px solid #000099;" align="right"|20,570
|align="right"|38.87% |align="center"|20px |
| 6 | Chen Kuang-fu | Democratic Progressive Party | style="border-left:4px solid #1B9413;" align="right"|17,347
|align="right"|32.78% |align="center"| |
| 7 | Lu Hwa-yuann (呂華苑) | 20px Independent | style="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|468
|align="right"|0.88% |align="center"| |
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| colspan="3" align="right" | Total voters | colspan="3" align="left" | 86,603 | ||
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| colspan="3" align="right" | Valid votes | colspan="3" align="left" | 52,915 | ||
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| colspan="3" align="right" | Invalid votes | colspan="3" align="left" | | ||
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| colspan="3" align="right" | Voter turnout | colspan="3" align="left" | 61.10% |
=2019 Mainland China visit=
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.{{cite news|date=17 September 2019|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3778261|title=China to lift individual travel ban for Taiwan's offshore counties|publisher=Taiwan News|accessdate=23 September 2019}}
References
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External links
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