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Lin Yu-chang

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Lin Yu-chang
林右昌
Official portrait, 2014
22nd Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party
Assumed office
5 June 2024
ChairmanWilliam Lai
Preceded byYang Yi-shan (acting)
Hsu Li-ming
34th Minister of the Interior
In office
31 January 2023 – 20 May 2024
Prime MinisterChen Chien-jen
Deputy
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Preceded byHua Ching-chun (acting)
Succeeded byLiu Shyh-fang
10th Mayor of Keelung
In office
25 December 2014 – 25 December 2022
DeputyLin Yong-fa[1]
Preceded byChang Tong-rong
Succeeded byGeorge Hsieh
Chair of the Democratic Progressive Party
Acting
28 November 2018 – 9 January 2019
Secretary GeneralHsu Chia-ching
Preceded byTsai Ing-wen
Succeeded byCho Jung-tai[2]
Personal details
Born10 March 1971 (1971-03-10) (age 53)
Ren'ai, Keelung, Taiwan
NationalityTaiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
Alma materChinese Culture University
National Taiwan University

Lin Yu-chang (Chinese: 林右昌; pinyin: Lín Yòuchāng; born 10 March 1971) is a Taiwanese politician who is the Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party since June 2024. Previously, he served as the Minister of the Interior from January 2023 to May 2024, Mayor of Keelung City from December 2014 to December 2022, and he also shortly served as the acting Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party from November 2018 to January 2019.

Early life

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Lin did his bachelor's degree in landscape architecture from Chinese Culture University and master's degree in building and planning from National Taiwan University.[3]

Mayor of Keelung City

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2014 Keelung mayoral election

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Lin was elected as the Mayor of Keelung City after winning the 2014 Keelung City mayoral election held on 29 November 2014.

2014 Keelung City Mayoralty Election Result
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Hsieh Li-kung (謝立功) KMT 52,198 27.47%
2 Huang Ching-tai (黃景泰) Independent 30,914 16.27%
3 Lin Yu-chang DPP 101,010 53.15%
4 Ho Yen-tang (何燕堂) People's Democratic Front 1,376 0.72%
5 Wu Woo-min (吳武明) Independent 2,023 1.06%
6 Jiang Jian-yu (江鑒育) Independent 2,517 1.32%

2018 Keelung mayoral election

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2018 Democratic Progressive Party Keelung City mayoral primary results
Candidates Place Result
Lin Yu-chang Nominated Walkover
2018 Keelung City mayoral results[4]
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Hsieh Li-kung (謝立功) Kuomintang 86,529 45.86%
2 Lin Yu-chang Democratic Progressive Party 102,167 54.14%
Total voters  309,428
Valid votes  188,696
Invalid votes  
Voter turnout  60.98%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Government, Keelung City. "City Government-Deputy Mayor". Archived from the original on 2014-12-27.
  2. ^ "民進黨黨主席補選得票率逾7成 卓榮泰勝出9日就職".
  3. ^ Government, Keelung City. "City Government-Mayor". Archived from the original on 2014-12-13.
  4. ^ "2018 Local Elections". Archived from the original on 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Interior
2023–present
Incumbent
Preceded by Mayor of Keelung
2014–2022
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party
Acting

2018–2019
Succeeded by