Lin Hsi-yao (; born 25 December 1961) is a Taiwanese politician.

Early life

Lin studied

civil engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...

National Taiwan University National Taiwan University (NTU; ) is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. The university was founded in 1928 during Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese rule as the seventh of the Imperial Universities. It was named Taihoku Imper ...

, where he earned a bachelor's and degree and a master's degree in the subject in 1983 and 1990, respectively.

Vice Premiership

On 7 April 2016,

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-designate

Lin Chuan Lin Chuan (; born 13 December 1951) is a Taiwanese economist and politician who served as Premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2016 to 2017 under President Tsai Ing-wen. He served as Minister of Budget, Accounting and Statistics and ...

appointed Lin Hsi-yao to the position of vice premier. Lin Hsi-yao resigned in September 2017, and was shortly afterward presented with an Order of Brilliant Star.

Later political career

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

References

1961 births Living people Taiwanese civil engineers National Taiwan University alumni Democratic Progressive Party (Taiwan) politicians Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Yilan County, Taiwan Chairpersons of the Taiwan Provincial Government Magistrates of Taipei County Recipients of the Order of Brilliant Star {{Taiwan-DPP-politician-stub