Yu Chen Yueh-ying

Yu Chen Yueh-ying
余陳月瑛
Magistrate of Kaohsiung County
In office
20 December 1985 – 20 December 1993
Preceded byTsai Ming-yao
Succeeded byYu Cheng-hsien
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1984 – 20 December 1985
Preceded byHuang Yu Hsiu-luan
ConstituencyKaohsiung
Personal details
Born(1926-09-02)2 September 1926
Takao Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan (today Yancheng District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
Died26 May 2014(2014-05-26) (aged 87)
Niaosong, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
NationalityEmpire of Japan (1926–1945)
Republic of China (1945–2014)
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
ChildrenYu Lin-ya, Yu Jane-daw, Yu Cheng-hsien

Yu Chen Yueh-ying (Chinese: 余陳月瑛; pinyin: Yú Chén Yuèyīng; 2 September 1926 – 26 May 2014) was a Taiwanese politician, judge and matriarch of the Yu family, a political family who dominated politics in the former Kaohsiung County for more than thirty years.[1] (Kaohsiung County was merged with Kaohsiung City on December 25, 2010, to form a special municipality, Kaohsiung). Her six children include former Interior Minister Yu Cheng-hsien, who headed the ministry from 2002 to 2004.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Yu Chen Yueh-ying dies". Taipei Times. 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  2. ^ "End of a dynasty: Late Yu Chen Yueh-ying's legacy in Kaohsiung". China Times. 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  3. ^ "Former Kaohsiung magistrate Yu Chen Yueh-ying dies at 87". China Times. 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2014-06-23.