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Lin Yu-chang - Wikipedia

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Lin Yu-chang
林右昌
Official portrait, 2014

22nd Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 June 2024
Chairman	William Lai
Preceded by	Yang Yi-shan (acting) Hsu Li-ming
34th Minister of the Interior
In office 31 January 2023 – 20 May 2024
Prime Minister	Chen Chien-jen
Deputy	See List Hua Ching-chun Wu Jong-hui Wu Tang-an
Preceded by	Hua Ching-chun (acting)
Succeeded by	Liu Shyh-fang
10th Mayor of Keelung
In office 25 December 2014 – 25 December 2022
Deputy	Lin Yong-fa^[1]
Preceded by	Chang Tong-rong
Succeeded by	George Hsieh
Chair of the Democratic Progressive Party
Acting 28 November 2018 – 9 January 2019
Secretary General	Hsu Chia-ching
Preceded by	Tsai Ing-wen
Succeeded by	Cho Jung-tai^[2]

Personal details
Born	10 March 1971 (1971-03-10) (age 53) Ren'ai, Keelung, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwan
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Education	Chinese Culture University (BS) National Taiwan University (MS)

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.

Education

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]

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 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%

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Political offices
Preceded by Hua Ching-chun	Minister of Interior 2023–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Chang Tong-rong	Mayor of Keelung 2014–2022	Succeeded by Hsieh Kuo-liang
Party political offices
Preceded by Tsai Ing-wen	Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party Acting 2018–2019	Succeeded by Cho Jung-tai

Mayors of special municipalities	Magistrates of counties	Mayors of cities
New Taipei (list): Hou Yu-ih (KMT) Taipei (list): Chiang Wan-an (KMT) Taoyuan (list): Chang San-cheng (KMT) Taichung (list): Lu Shiow-yen (KMT) Tainan (list): Huang Wei-che (DPP) Kaohsiung (list): Chen Chi-mai (DPP)	Yilan (list): Lin Zi-miao (KMT) Hsinchu (list): Yang Wen-ke (KMT) Miaoli (list): Chung Tung-chin (Ind.) Changhua (list): Wang Huei-mei (KMT) Nantou (list): Hsu Shu-hua (KMT) Yunlin (list): Chang Li-shan (KMT) Chiayi (list): Weng Chang-liang (DPP) Pingtung (list): Chou Chun-mi (DPP) Taitung (list): April Yao (KMT) Hualien (list): Hsu Chen-wei (KMT) Penghu (list): Chen Kuang-fu (DPP) Kinmen (list): Chen Fu-hai (TPP) Lienchiang (list): Wang Chung-ming (KMT)	Keelung (list): George Hsieh (KMT) Hsinchu (list): Ann Kao (TPP) Chiayi (list): Huang Min-hui (KMT)

v t e Democratic Progressive Party
Chairpersons	Chiang Peng-chien Yao Chia-wen Huang Hsin-chieh Hsu Hsin-liang Shih Ming-teh Hsu Hsin-liang (second term) Lin Yi-hsiung Frank Hsieh Chen Shui-bian Ker Chien-ming Su Tseng-chang Annette Lu Yu Shyi-kun Chai Trong-rong Chen Shui-bian (second term) Frank Hsieh Tsai Ing-wen Chen Chu Su Tseng-chang Tsai Ing-wen (second term) Lin Yu-chang Cho Jung-tai Tsai Ing-wen (third term) Chen Chi-mai Lai Ching-te
Factions	Formosa New Tide Welfare State Alliance Justice Alliance Taiwan Independence Main Stream Alliance for One Country on Each Side
See also	Pan-Green Coalition
Italic text denotes acting chairpersons