Lin Yang-kang

Lin Yang-kang
林洋港
Official portrait, 1978
6th President of the Judicial Yuan
In office
17 April 1987 – 1 September 1994
Appointed byChiang Ching-kuo
Vice PresidentWang Dao-yuan
Lu Yu-wen
Preceded byHuang Shao-ku
Succeeded byShih Chi-yang
14th Vice Premier of Taiwan
In office
1 June 1984 – 1 May 1987
PremierYu Kuo-hwa
Preceded byChiu Chuang-huan
Succeeded byLien Chan
15th Minister of the Interior
In office
25 November 1981 – 1 June 1984
PremierSun Yun-suan
Preceded byChiu Chuang-huan
Succeeded byWu Po-hsiung
10th Chairman of the Taiwan Provincial Government
In office
12 June 1978 – 5 December 1981
PremierSun Yun-suan
Preceded byHsieh Tung-min
Succeeded byLee Teng-hui
3rd Mayor of Taipei
In office
11 June 1976 – 9 June 1978
Preceded byChang Feng-hsu
Succeeded byLee Teng-hui
4th Magistrate of Nantou
In office
1 February 1967 – 16 June 1972
Preceded byYang Chao-pi
Succeeded byOu Shu-wen (acting)
Liu Yu-you
Personal details
Born(1927-06-10)10 June 1927
Gyochi Village, Niitaka District, Taichū Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Yuchi, Nantou, Taiwan)
Died13 April 2013(2013-04-13) (aged 85)
Taichung, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyKuomintang (until 1995; since 2005)
SpouseChen Ho (陳閤)
Alma materNational Taiwan University (BS)

Lin Yang-kang (Chinese: 林洋港; pinyin: Lín Yánggǎng [lǐn jǎŋ.kàŋ]; 10 June 1927 – 13 April 2013) was a Taiwanese politician. He was born at Sun Moon Lake during the Japanese rule of Taiwan. Some thought he might be Chiang Ching-kuo's successor as head of the Kuomintang (KMT), but after failing to win the KMT's nomination for president in 1996, he became an independent. Lin rejoined the party in 2005, and died in 2013.