Lin Yu-chang

Lin Yu-chang (Chinese: 林右昌; pinyin: Lín Yòuchāng; born 10 March 1971) is a politician in the Republic of China. He is currently the Mayor of Keelung City since 25 December 2014.[3]

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lin.
Lin Yu-chang
林右昌
Mayor of Keelung City
Assumed office
25 December 2014
DeputyLin Yong-fa[1]
Preceded byChang Tong-rong
Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party
Acting
In office
28 November 2018 – 9 January 2019
Preceded byTsai Ing-wen
Succeeded byCho Jung-tai[2]
Personal details
Born10 March 1971 (1971-03-10) (age 49)
Ren'ai, Keelung, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
Alma materChinese Culture University
National Taiwan University

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.[4]

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
1Hsieh Li-kung (謝立功) KMT52,198 27.47%
2Huang Ching-tai (黃景泰)Independent30,914 16.27%
3Lin Yu-chang DPP101,010 53.15%
4Ho Yen-tang (何燕堂)People's Democratic Front1,376 0.72%
5Wu Woo-min (吳武明)Independent2,023 1.06%
6Jiang Jian-yu (江鑒育)Independent2,517 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[5]
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Hsieh Li-kung (謝立功) Kuomintang86,529 45.86%
2Lin Yu-changDemocratic Progressive Party102,167 54.14%
Total voters　309,428
Valid votes　188,696
Invalid votes　
Voter turnout　60.98%

See also

References
  1. Government, Keelung City. "City Government-Deputy Mayor". Archived from the original on 2014-12-27.
  3. "DPP's Lin Yu-chang declares win in Keelung mayoral election (update)".
  4. Government, Keelung City. "City Government-Mayor". Archived from the original on 2014-12-13.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2018-11-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Political offices
Preceded by
Chang Tong-rong		 Mayor of Keelung
2014–present		 Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by
Tsai Ing-wen		 Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party
Acting
2018–2019		 Succeeded by
Cho Jung-tai
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