Yu Lin-ya (; born 29 June 1950) is a Taiwanese politician who served in the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan () is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for four-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a ...

from 1993 to 1999.

Life and career

Yu was born in 1950, to the Yu family of Kaohsiung. Her grandfather, mother, and brothers were also politicians. Yu studied history at

National Chengchi University National Chengchi University () is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. First established in Nanjing in 1927, the university was subsequently reestablished in 1954 in Taiwan as the first reestablished "National University". The u ...

and completed graduate work at National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU). She later became president of the Private Kao Yuan Junior College of Technology. Yu began her political career as a member of the

Taiwan Provincial Assembly The Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council (TPCC) was the council of the streamlined Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. In July 2018, all duties of the Taiwan Provincial Government and TPCC were transferred to the National Development C ...

. Elected to the

in 1992 and 1995, Yu later served as vice chair of the

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and speaker of the

Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council The Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council (TPCC) was the council of the streamlined Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. In July 2018, all duties of the Taiwan Provincial Government and TPCC were transferred to the National Development C ...

. In 2017, the Ciaotou District Court in Kaohsiung ruled that Yu was guilty on charges of breach of trust, as she had used funds from Kao Yuan to pay her personal assistant from 1988 to 2006. The Kaohsiung branch of the Taiwan High Court upheld the guilty verdict in 2018, reducing her sentence from two years to nine months imprisonment.

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1950 births Living people National Sun Yat-sen University alumni National Chengchi University alumni 20th-century Taiwanese women politicians Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 2nd Legislative Yuan Members of the 3rd Legislative Yuan Kaohsiung Members of the Legislative Yuan Party List Members of the Legislative Yuan Yu family (Kaohsiung) Taiwanese politicians convicted of crimes {{Taiwan-DPP-politician-stub