Lin Hsi-yao
林錫耀
Official portrait, 2012
35th Deputy Prime Minister of Taiwan
In office
20 May 2016 – 7 September 2017
Prime MinisterLin Chuan
Preceded byWoody Duh
Succeeded byShih Jun-ji
19th and 23rd Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party
In office
20 May 2020 – 26 Nov 2022
ChairwomanTsai Ing-wen
Preceded byLuo Wen-jia
Succeeded bySidney Lin [zh] (acting)
In office
5 June 2012 – 28 May 2014
ChairmanSu Tseng-chang
Preceded bySu Chia-chyuan
Succeeded byJoseph Wu
Minister without Portfolio
In office
21 December 2007 – 20 May 2008
PremierChang Chun-hsiung
19th Chairman of the Provincial Government[note 1]
In office
7 December 2007 – 19 May 2008
Appointed byExecutive Yuan
Prime MinisterSu Tseng-chang
Chang Chun-hsiung
Preceded byLin Kuang-hua
Jeng Peir-fuh (acting)
Succeeded byTsai Hsun-hsiung
Acting Magistrate of Taipei County
In office
20 May 2004 – 20 December 2005
Preceded bySu Tseng-chang
Succeeded byChou Hsi-wei
Deputy Magistrate of Taipei County
In office
1 March 1999 – 20 May 2004
MagistrateSu Tseng-chang
Director of the Department of Environmental Protection
In office
1 December 1990 – 1992
MagistrateYu Shyi-kun
Personal details
Born (1961-12-25) 25 December 1961 (age 62)
Yilan County, Taiwan
NationalityTaiwanese (ROC)
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
SpouseHuang Hui-jiao
Alma materNational Taiwan University

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.

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. ^ Titled as chairman of the Taiwan Provincial Government; as a governor that was appointed by the Executive Yuan.

References

  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. ^ "Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)-Vice Premier". Archived from the original on 25 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  3. ^ Loa, Lok-sin (7 April 2016). "Lin Chuan introduces future Cabinet". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  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. ^ Su, Fang-ho; Lee, I-chia (23 June 2019). "Tsai campaign reportedly to not target Ko". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  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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