Lin Hsi-yao | |
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林錫耀 | |
 Official portrait, 2012 | |
| 35thDeputy Prime Minister of Taiwan | |
| In office 20 May 2016 – 7 September 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Lin Chuan |
| Preceded by | Woody Duh |
| Succeeded by | Shih Jun-ji |
| 19th and 23rdSecretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party | |
| In office 20 May 2020 – 26 Nov 2022 | |
| Chairwoman | Tsai Ing-wen |
| Preceded by | Luo Wen-jia |
| Succeeded by | Sidney Lin [zh] (acting) |
| In office 5 June 2012 – 28 May 2014 | |
| Chairman | Su Tseng-chang |
| Preceded by | Su Chia-chyuan |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Wu |
| Minister without Portfolio | |
| In office 21 December 2007 – 20 May 2008 | |
| Premier | Chang Chun-hsiung |
| 19thChairman of the Provincial Government[note 1] | |
| In office 7 December 2007 – 19 May 2008 | |
| Appointed by | Executive Yuan |
| Prime Minister | Su Tseng-chang Chang Chun-hsiung |
| Preceded by | Lin Kuang-hua Jeng Peir-fuh(acting) |
| Succeeded by | Tsai Hsun-hsiung |
| Acting Magistrate of Taipei County | |
| In office 20 May 2004 – 20 December 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Su Tseng-chang |
| Succeeded by | Chou Hsi-wei |
| Deputy Magistrate of Taipei County | |
| In office 1 March 1999 – 20 May 2004 | |
| Magistrate | Su Tseng-chang |
| Director of the Department of Environmental Protection | |
| In office 1 December 1990 – 1992 | |
| Magistrate | Yu Shyi-kun |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1961-12-25)25 December 1961 (age 64)[citation needed] |
| Party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Spouse | Huang Hui-jiao |
| Education | National Taiwan University (BS,MS) |
Lin Hsi-yao (Chinese:林錫耀;pinyin:Lín Xíyào;Pe̍h-ōe-jī:Lîm Sek-iāu; born 25 December[citation needed] 1961) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the firstVice Premier ofTaiwan under theTsai Ing-wen government and theLin cabinet. He served as thesecretary-general of theDemocratic Progressive Party from 2012 to 2014 and 2020 to 2022, he resigned the office with theincumbent chairwomanTsai Ing-wen after the party's poor performance in thelocal elections in 2022. He had also served as theActing Magistrate ofTaipei County, Deputy Magistrate of Taipei County, andMinister without Portfolio of theExecutive Yuan.
Lin studiedcivil engineering atNational Taiwan University, where he earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in the subject in 1983 and 1990, respectively.[1][2]
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On 7 April 2016,Premier-designateLin 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 anOrder of Brilliant Star.[4]
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 theDemocratic Progressive Party.[6]
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| Preceded by | Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party 2020– | Incumbent |
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