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Cheng Wen-tsan

Cheng Wen-tsan
鄭文燦
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1st Mayor of Taoyuan City
Assumed office
25 December 2014
Deputy Chiu Tai-san
Preceded by Position established; John Wu as Magistrate of Taoyuan County
Minister of the Government Information Office
In office
25 January 2006 – 20 April 2007
Preceded by Pasuya Yao
Succeeded by Yi Rong-zong (acting)
Hsieh Chih-wei
Personal details
Born (1967-07-06) 6 July 1967 (age 49)
Bade, Taoyuan County (now Bade District, Taoyuan City)
Nationality Republic of China
Political party Democratic Progressive Party
Alma mater National Taiwan University

Cheng Wen-tsan (Chinese: 鄭文燦; pinyin: Zhèng Wéncàn) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the first and incumbent Mayor of the newly established Taoyuan City, having served since 25 December 2014.

Cheng received his bachelor's degree from the Department of Sociology and master's degree from the Graduate Institute of National Development of National Taiwan University.

In the early 2000s Cheng worked for the Democratic Progressive Party's Information and Culture Department.

Cheng joined the 2009 Taoyuan County magistrate election under the Democratic Progressive Party banner on 5 December 2009. However, he lost to Kuomintang opponent John Wu.

Lin was elected as the Mayor of Taoyuan City after winning the 2014 Taoyuan City mayoralty election held on 29 November 2014, defeating incumbent Magistrate John Wu of the Kuomintang.

Lin appointed Chiu Tai-san and Wang Ming-teh as deputy mayors of Taoyuan.


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