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Lin Hsi-yao

Lin Hsi-yao

Taiwanese politician

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lin.

Lin Hsi-yao (Chinese: 林錫耀; pinyin: Lín Xíyào; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Sek-iāu; born 25 December 1961) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the first Vice Premier of Taiwan under the Tsai Ing-wen government and the Lin cabinet. He served as the secretary-general of the Democratic Progressive Party from 2012 to 2014 and 2020 to 2022, he resigned the office with the incumbent chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen after the party's poor performance in the local elections in 2022. He had also served as the Acting Magistrate of Taipei County, Deputy Magistrate of Taipei County, and Minister without Portfolio of the Executive Yuan.

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Early life

Lin studied civil engineering at National Taiwan University, where he earned a bachelor's and degree and a master's degree in the subject in 1983 and 1990, respectively.[1][2]

Vice Premiership

Lin Hsi-yao and the members of Lin cabinet was presented with an Order of Brilliant Star from the president Tsai Ing-wen in September 2017.

On 7 April 2016, Premier-designate Lin Chuan appointed Lin Hsi-yao to the position of vice premier.[3] Lin Hsi-yao resigned in September 2017, and was shortly afterward presented with an Order of Brilliant Star.[4]

Later political career

Lin later worked on Tsai Ing-wen's 2020 presidential campaign.[5] She won a second term, after which Lin was named secretary-general of the Democratic Progressive Party.[6]

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Titled as chairman of the Taiwan Provincial Government; as a governor that was appointed by the Executive Yuan.

References

  1. [1]
    Yeh, Sophia; Lu, Hsin-hui; Kuo, Chung-han (7 April 2016). "Premier-designate announces his deputy". Central News Agency. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)-Vice Premier". Archived from the original on 25 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  3. [3]
    Loa, Lok-sin (7 April 2016). "Lin Chuan introduces future Cabinet". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  4. [4]
    Yeh, Sophia; Liu, Kuan-lin (15 September 2017). "President confers honors on former premier and cabinet members". Central News Agency. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  5. [5]
    Su, Fang-ho; Lee, I-chia (23 June 2019). "Tsai campaign reportedly to not target Ko". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  6. [6]
    Yeh, Su-ping; Kao, Evelyn (20 May 2020). "Tsai resumes chairmanship of DPP". Central News Agency. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
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