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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
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
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.
| 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
| 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% |
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| Total voters | 309,428 | ||||
| Valid votes | 188,696 | ||||
| Invalid votes | |||||
| Voter turnout | 60.98% | ||||
See also
References
- ^ Government, Keelung City. "City Government-Deputy Mayor". Archived from the original on 2014-12-27.
- ^ "民進黨黨主席補選得票率逾7成 卓榮泰勝出9日就職".
- ^ Government, Keelung City. "City Government-Mayor". Archived from the original on 2014-12-13.
- ^ "2018 Local Elections". Archived from the original on 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
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