Lin Yu-chang
{{Short description|Taiwanese politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Lin Yu-chang
| native_name = {{nobold|林右昌}}
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| image = 林市長右昌 (第十七任).png
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| caption = Official portrait, 2014
| order1 = 22nd
| office1 = Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party
| term_start1 = 5 June 2024
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| 1blankname1 = Chairman
| 1namedata1 = William Lai
| predecessor1 = Yang Yi-shan (acting)
Hsu Li-ming
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| office2 = 34th Minister of the Interior
| primeminister2 = Chen Chien-jen
| term_start2 = 31 January 2023
| term_end2 = 20 May 2024
| deputy2 = {{collapsible list|title=See List|Hua Ching-chun
Wu Jong-hui
Wu Tang-an}}
| predecessor2 = Hua Ching-chun {{small|(acting)}}
| successor2 = Liu Shyh-fang
| order3 = 10th
| office3 = Mayor of Keelung
| term_start3 = 25 December 2014
| term_end3 = 25 December 2022
| predecessor3 = Chang Tong-rong
| successor3 = George Hsieh
| office4 = Chair of the Democratic Progressive Party
| term_label4 = Acting
| term_start4 = 28 November 2018
| 1blankname4 = Secretary General
| 1namedata4 = Hsu Chia-ching
| term_end4 = 9 January 2019
| predecessor4 = Tsai Ing-wen
| successor4 = Cho Jung-tai{{Cite web|url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E6%B0%91%E9%80%B2%E9%BB%A8%E9%BB%A8%E4%B8%BB%E5%B8%AD%E8%A3%9C%E9%81%B8%E5%BE%97%E7%A5%A8%E7%8E%87%E9%80%BE7%E6%88%90-%E5%8D%93%E6%A6%AE%E6%B3%B0%E5%8B%9D%E5%87%BA-104422375.html|title=民進黨黨主席補選得票率逾7成 卓榮泰勝出9日就職}}
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|10 March 1971}}
| birth_place = Ren'ai, Keelung, Taiwan
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| party = Democratic Progressive Party
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| education = Chinese Culture University (BS)
National Taiwan University (MS)
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Lin Yu-chang ({{zh|t=林右昌|p=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.
Education
Lin earned his bachelor's degree in landscape architecture from Chinese Culture University and master's degree in building and planning from National Taiwan University.{{cite web|url=http://www.klcg.gov.tw/en/02/02_1.jsp|title=City Government-Mayor|first=Keelung City|last=Government|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213105308/http://www.klcg.gov.tw/en/02/02_1.jsp|archivedate=2014-12-13}}
Mayor of Keelung City
=2014 Keelung mayoral election=
Lin was elected as the Mayor of Keelung City after winning the 2014 Keelung City mayoral election held on 29 November 2014.
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| colspan="7" width=620px|2014 Keelung City Mayoralty Election Result | |||
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| width=35|No.
!width=180| Candidate !width=120| Party !width=75| Votes !width=75| Percentage !width=49| | |||
| 1 | Hsieh Li-kung (謝立功) | KMT | style="border-left:4px solid #000099;" align="right"|52,198
|align="right"|27.47% |align="center"| |
| 2 | Huang Ching-tai (黃景泰) | Independent | style="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|30,914
|align="right"|16.27% |align="center"| |
| 3 | Lin Yu-chang | DPP | style="border-left:4px solid #1B9431;" align="right"|101,010
|align="right"|53.15% | |
| 4 | Ho Yen-tang (何燕堂) | People's Democratic Front | style="border-left:4px solid #FF0000;" align="right"|1,376
|align="right"|0.72% |align="center"| |
| 5 | Wu Woo-min (吳武明) | Independent | style="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|2,023
|align="right"|1.06% |align="center"| |
| 6 | Jiang Jian-yu (江鑒育) | Independent | style="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|2,517
|align="right"|1.32% |align="center"| |
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=2018 Keelung mayoral election=
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! colspan="5" width=600|2018 Democratic Progressive Party Keelung City mayoral primary results |
| width=80| Candidates
!width=80| Place !width=80| Result |
|---|
| Lin Yu-chang
| style="background: #1B9431; text-align:center"| {{color|white|Nominated}} | style="text-align:center"| Walkover |
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| colspan="6"|2018 Keelung City mayoral results{{Cite web |url=https://www.cec.gov.tw/pc/en/TC/nm10017000000000000.html |title=2018 Local Elections |access-date=2018-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125030717/https://www.cec.gov.tw/pc/en/TC/nm10017000000000000.html |archive-date=2018-11-25 |url-status=dead }} | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| width=35| No.
!width=150| Candidate !width=120| Party !width=75| Votes !width=75| Percentage !width=49| | |||
| 1 | Hsieh Li-kung (謝立功) | 20px Kuomintang | style="border-left:4px solid #000099;" align="right"|86,529
|align="right"|45.86% |align="center"| |
| 2 | Lin Yu-chang | Democratic Progressive Party | style="border-left:4px solid #1B9413;" align="right"|102,167
|align="right"|54.14% |align="center"| 20px |
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| colspan="3" align="right" | Total voters | colspan="3" align="left" | 309,428 | ||
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| colspan="3" align="right" | Valid votes | colspan="3" align="left" | 188,696 | ||
| bgcolor=EEEEEE
| colspan="3" align="right" | Invalid votes | colspan="3" align="left" | | ||
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| colspan="3" align="right" | Voter turnout | colspan="3" align="left" | 60.98% |
See also
References
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External links
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