Editing Lin Yang-kang (section)

{{Short description|Taiwanese politician (1927–2013)}}
{{Family name hatnote|[[Lin (surname)|Lin]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Lin Yang-kang
| native_name         = {{lang|zh-hant|{{nobold|林洋港}}}}
| image               = 林洋港省主席.jpg
| imagesize           = 200px
| caption             = Official portrait, 1978
| nationality         = [[Republic of China]]
| order1              = 6th
| office1             = President of the Judicial Yuan
| term_start1         = 17 April 1987
| term_end1           = 1 September 1994
| appointer1          = [[Chiang Ching-kuo]]
| vicepresident1      = Wang Dao-yuan<br>[[Lu Yu-wen]]
| predecessor1        = [[Huang Shao-ku]]
| successor1          = [[Shih Chi-yang]]
| order2              = 
| office2             = 14th [[List of vice premiers of the Republic of China|Vice Premier of Taiwan]]
| premier2            = [[Yu Kuo-hwa]]
| term_start2         = 1 June 1984
| term_end2           = 1 May 1987
| predecessor2        = [[Chiu Chuang-huan]]
| successor2          = [[Lien Chan]]
| order3              = 
| office3             = 15th [[Ministry of the Interior (Republic of China)|Minister of the Interior]]
| premier3            = [[Sun Yun-suan]]
| term_start3         = 25 November 1981
| term_end3           = 1 June 1984
| predecessor3        = [[Chiu Chuang-huan]]
| successor3          = [[Wu Po-hsiung]]
| order4              = 
| office4             = 10th [[Taiwan Provincial Government|Chairman of the Taiwan Provincial Government]]
| deputy4             = 
| term_start4         = 12 June 1978
| term_end4           = 5 December 1981
| premier4            = [[Sun Yun-suan]]
| predecessor4        = [[Hsieh Tung-min]]
| successor4          = [[Lee Teng-hui]]
| order5              = 3rd
| office5             = Mayor of Taipei
| deputy5             = 
| term_start5         = 11 June 1976
| term_end5           = 9 June 1978
| predecessor5        = [[Chang Feng-hsu]]
| successor5          = [[Lee Teng-hui]]
| order6              = 
| office6             = 4th [[List of county magistrates of Nantou|Magistrate of Nantou]]
| deputy6             = 
| term_start6         = 1 February 1967
| term_end6           = 16 June 1972
| predecessor6        = Yang Chao-pi
| successor6          = Ou Shu-wen (acting)<br />[[Liu Yu-you]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1927|6|10|df=y}}
| birth_place         = Gyochi Village, Niitaka District, [[Taichū Prefecture]], [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|Japanese Taiwan]] (modern-day [[Yuchi, Nantou|Yuchi]], [[Nantou County|Nantou]], [[Taiwan]])
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2013|4|13|1927|6|10|df=y}}
| death_place         = [[Taichung]], [[Taiwan]]
| party               = [[Kuomintang]] {{small|(until 1995; since 2005)}}
| spouse              = Chen Ho (陳閤)
| children            = 
| alma_mater          = [[National Taiwan University]] ([[B. S.|BS]])
| signature           = 
}}

'''Lin Yang-kang''' ({{zh|c=林洋港|p=Lín Yánggǎng}} {{IPAc-cmn|l|in|2|-|yang|2|.|g|ang|3}}; 10 June 1927 – 13 April 2013) was a Taiwanese politician. He was born at [[Sun Moon Lake]] during the [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|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.