Wang Hao-yu (; born 29 October 1988) is a

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politician. In the

2014 Taiwanese local elections The Taiwanese local elections of 2014, commonly known as the nine-in-one elections (), were held on Saturday, 29 November 2014, to elect the Municipal Mayors, Municipal Councilors, Chiefs of indigenous districts in municipalities, Councilors of i ...

, he ran for a seat on the

Taoyuan City Council The Taoyuan City Council (TYCC; ) is the elected municipal council of Taoyuan City, Republic of China (Taiwan). The council composes of 60 councillors elected once every four years by single non-transferable vote, most recently in the 2022 Taiwan ...

in District 7, which includes

Zhongli District Zhongli District () is a District (Taiwan), district in Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Zhongli is spelled variously as ''Jungli'', ''Jongli'', ''Jhongli'' or ''Chungli'' on railway stations, bus stops and road signs. Historically, the city is the site of t ...

, as a candidate for the

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. Out of 22 candidates, he was one of 10 elected, garnering 9.06% of the votes, the 2nd most amongst all candidates. In 2018 he ran in the same district as a candidate, still under the Green Party, and was one of 11 elected out of 21, coming in 3rd with 8.68% of the vote. He left the Green Party on January 11, 2020 and joined the

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a Taiwanese nationalist and centre-left political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Controlling both the Republic of China presidency and the unicameral Legislative Yuan, it is the majori ...

on February 6, 2020. Wang was the subject of controversy over a Facebook post in the wake of the suicide of Hsu Kun-yuan, the Kaohsiung City Council speaker and ally of

Han Kuo-yu Daniel Han Kuo-yu (; born 17 June 1957) is a Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 2002, representing a portion of Taipei County for three terms. He later became general manager of Taipei Agricultural Produc ...

, following Han's successful recall. About 200 Han supporters protested outside Wang's district office to call for his recall. Wang was successfully recalled on January 16, 2021 with 92.23% in favor, 7.7% against, and a 28% turnout. Thus, the number of votes in favor of his recall was 25.82% of eligible voters, exceeding the required 25%. The successful recall was the first for a city councillor in a special municipality. According to ROC law, Wang would be banned from running for the same post over the next four years.

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Wang Hao-yu's Facebook account
1988 births Living people Democratic Progressive Party (Taiwan) politicians Taoyuan City Councilors Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Hsinchu {{Taiwan-DPP-politician-stub