Yu Cheng-hsien
{{Short description|Politician of Taiwan}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Yu Cheng-hsien
| native_name = {{no bold|{{lang|zh-hans|余政憲}}}}
| image = Yu Cheng-hsien (cropped).jpg
| caption =
| order1 =
| office1 = Minister of the Interior of the Republic of China
| 1blankname1 =
| 1namedata1 =
| term_start1 = 1 February 2002
| term_end1 = 9 April 2004
| predecessor1 = Chang Po-ya
| successor1 = Su Chia-chyuan
| order2 =
| office2 = Magistrate of Kaohsiung County
| minister2 =
| term_start2 = 20 December 1993
| term_end2 = 20 December 2001
| predecessor2 = Yu Chen Yueh-ying
| successor2 = Yang Chiu-hsing
| office3 = Member of the Legislative Yuan
| constituency3 = Kaohsiung
| term_start3 = 1 February 1987
| term_end3 = 20 December 1993
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|5|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kaohsiung County, Taiwan
| nationality = Republic of China
| party = Democratic Progressive Party
| spouse = Cheng Kuei-lien
| relations = Yu Chen Yueh-ying (mother)
| children =
| signature =
| education = Feng Chia University (BA)
I-Shou University (MBA)
Chang Jung Christian University (DBA)
National Kaohsiung Normal University (PhD)
}}
Yu Cheng-hsien ({{zh|t=余政憲|p=Yú Zhèngxiàn}}; born 8 May 1959) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of the Interior from 2002 to 2004.{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2003/09/26/2003069261 |title=Dodgy massage has interior minister feeling the pinch |publisher=Taipei Times |date=2003-09-26 |access-date=2014-04-28}}
Education
Yu graduated from Feng Chia University with a bachelor's degree in international economics in 1984, then earned a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from I-Shou University. He then earned two doctorates: a Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.) from Chang Jung Christian University and a Ph.D. in education from National Kaohsiung Normal University.
Political careers
= 2008 legislative election =
{{main|2008 Taiwan legislative election}}
- All registered: 242,349
- Voters (turnout): 156,440 (64.55%)
- Valid (percentage): 153,166 (97.91%)
- Rejected (percentage): 3,274 (2.09%)
class="wikitable"
!Order !Candidate !Party !Votes !Percentage !Elected |
1
|Liu Zheng-wei |3,250 |2.12% | |
2
|Yu Cheng-hsien |65,257 |42.61% | |
3
| File:Emblem_of_the_Kuomintang.svg Kuomintang | 84,659 |55.27% | |
=Ministry of Interior=
Yu submitted his resignation on 19 March 2004 from his ministerial position to take the responsibility over the 3-19 shooting incident on Chen Shui-bian in Tainan City but was asked by Premier Yu Shyi-kun to stay. He resubmitted his resignation again on 4 April 2004 after the demonstration made by Pan-Blue Coalition over the result of the 2004 presidential election had come under control.{{cite news|title=Pingtung County chief to take over Interior Ministry|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/news/2004/04/06/47547/Pingtung-County.htm|access-date=2015-10-31|work=The China Post|date=2004-04-06}}
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Category:Ministers of the interior of Taiwan
Category:Magistrates of Kaohsiung County
Category:Yu family (Kaohsiung)
Category:Kaohsiung Members of the Legislative Yuan
Category:Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan
Category:Members of the 2nd Legislative Yuan
Category:Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan in Taiwan
Category:21st-century Taiwanese politicians
Category:National Kaohsiung Normal University alumni
Category:Feng Chia University alumni
Category:Spouses of Taiwanese politicians
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