Lin Yu-chang

In this Taiwanese name, the surname is Lin.

Lin Yu-chang (Chinese: 林右昌; pinyin: Lín Yòuchāng; born 10 March 1971) is a Taiwanese politician who served as the Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party from June 2024 until his resignation in July 2025.^[3] 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.

Lin Yu-chang
林右昌
Official portrait, 2014
22nd Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party
In office 5 June 2024 – 28 July 2025
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 54) Ren'ai, Keelung, Taiwan
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Education	Chinese Culture University (BS) National Taiwan University (MS)

Education

Lin graduated from Chinese Culture University with a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture. He then earned a master's degree in architecture and urban planning from National Taiwan University in 1996.^[4] His master's thesis was titled, "Urban development under economic globalization: The case of Singapore" (Chinese: 經濟全球化下的城市發展：新加坡案例分析).^[5]

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[6]
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%

See also

• Mayor of Keelung