Pan Men-an

Pan Men-an
Pan Men-an
潘孟安
	Official portrait, 2012
12th Magistrate of Pingtung
	In office; 25 December 2014 – 25 December 2022
Preceded by	Tsao Chi-hung
Succeeded by	Chou Chun-mi
Member of the Legislative Yuan
	In office; 1 February 2005 – 25 December 2014
Succeeded by	Chuang Jui-hsiung
Constituency	Pingtung County III
Personal details
Born	15 August 1963; Checheng, Pingtung County, Taiwan
Citizenship	Taiwan
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Alma mater	National Kaohsiung Normal University

Pan Men-an (Chinese: 潘孟安; pinyin: Pān Mèng'ān; Wade–Giles: Pʻan¹ Mêng⁴-an¹; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phoaⁿ Bēng-an; born 15 August 1963) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the magistrate of Pingtung County from 25 December 2014 to 25 December 2022.^[1] He joined the campaign team of the 2024 presidential candidate of Democratic Progressive Party, and assumed the role as the director-general in May 2023.

Early life

Pan was born to a fishermen's family.^[2]

Pan graduated from the graduate institute of continuing education of National Kaohsiung Normal University.^[2]

Pan became the member of Pingtung County Council on 1 March 1998 and served two terms until 28 February 2006.

Pan was elected as the member of Legislative Yuan after the 2004 Republic of China legislative election held on 11 December 2004 and served from 1 February 2005 until 31 January 2008.^[2]

Pan was elected again as the member representing the Democratic Progressive Party for Pingtung County 3rd electoral district after winning the 2008 Republic of China legislative election held on 12 January 2008 and served from 1 February 2008 until 31 January 2012.

No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Ratio	Elected
1	Pan Men-an	Democratic Progressive Party	59,896	51.30%	Yes
2	Su Ching-chuan	Kuomintang	50,195	43.00%
3	Chou Bi-yun (周碧雲)	Independent	6,653	5.70%

He was reelected again to the office after winning the 2012 Republic of China legislative election held on 14 January 2012 and served from 1 February 2012 until 25 December 2014.^[3]

Pan was elected as the Magistrate of Pingtung County after winning the 2014 Pingtung County magistrate election held on 29 November 2014.

2014 Pingtung County Magistrate Election Result
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Chien Tai-lang	KMT	182,027	37.07%
2	Pan Meng-an	DPP	308,953	62.93%

2018 Democratic Progressive Party Pingtung County magistrate primary results
Candidates	Place	Result
Pan Men-an	Nominated	Walkover

2018 Pingtung County mayoral results^[4]
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Li Hu-jen (李鎔任)	Independent	9,819	2.09%
2	Su Ching-chuan	Kuomintang	197,518	42.01%
3	Pan Men-an	Democratic Progressive Party	262,809	55.90%
Total voters			689,393
Valid votes			470,146
Invalid votes
Voter turnout			68.20%

↑ "DPP wins Penghu magistrate race". focustaiwan.tw.
1 2 3 "Magistrate Introduction". Pingtung County Government. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
↑ "Pan, Men-An". Legislative Yuan, ROC (Taiwan). 23 July 2013.
↑ "2018 Local Elections". Archived from the original on 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2018-11-27.

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