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{{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. ==Personal life== Lin was born in Niitaka District, [[Taichū Prefecture]] (modern-day [[Nantou County]]), [[Taiwan]], and graduated from [[National Taiwan University]] with a Bachelor of Science degree.<ref name="iww">{{cite book|title=The International Who's Who 2004|date=2003|publisher=Europa Publications/Psychology Press|isbn=9781857432176|page=[https://archive.org/details/internationalwho2004ond/page/108 108]|url=https://archive.org/details/internationalwho2004ond|url-access=registration|quote=Lin Yang-kang chen ho married.}}</ref> Lin was married to Chen Ho (陳閤) and had one son and three daughters.<ref name="iww"/> On 13 April 2013, Lin died at home in Taichung, of intestinal obstruction and organ failure, aged 85.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mo|first1=Yan-chih|title=Former presidential adviser Lin Yang-kang dies at 87|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/04/15/2003559676|accessdate=31 July 2015|work=Taipei Times|date=15 April 2013}}</ref><ref name="cpcna" /> ==Political career== Lin began his political career in the 1960s. By 1990, he was a vice-chairman of the [[Kuomintang]]. Aligned with the "non-mainstream faction" that aimed to be less confrontational with the [[People's Republic of China]] than [[Lee Teng-hui]], Lin tried to replace Lee in the 1990 presidential election, with [[Chiang Wei-kuo]] as his running mate.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Eliason|first1=Marcus|title=Taiwanese ponder biggest every political choice|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S2lGAAAAIBAJ&pg=928,4108461&dq=lin+yang-kang&hl=en|accessdate=31 July 2015|work=The Daily Gazette|agency=Associated Press|date=19 March 1996}}</ref> He resigned his position as the head of the Judicial Yuan on 1 September 1994 to become a presidential advisor to [[Lee Teng-hui]]. Upon taking the appointment, Lin again declared his candidacy for Taiwan's first direct presidential elections, scheduled for 1996.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sheng|first1=Virginia|title=Assembly approves new Judicial Yuan chief as DPP boycotts vote|url=http://taiwantoday.tw/fp.asp?xItem=58539&CtNode=103|accessdate=28 March 2016|work=Taiwan Today|date=26 August 1994|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421212235/http://taiwantoday.tw/fp.asp?xItem=58539&CtNode=103|archivedate=21 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, he was not chosen as the Kuomintang nominee.<ref name="cpcna">{{cite news|title=Veteran KMT heavyweight Lin Yang-kang dies aged 85|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2013/04/15/376061/Veteran-KMT.htm|accessdate=28 March 2016|work=China Post|agency=Central News Agency|date=15 April 2013}}</ref> Lin and [[Chen Li-an]] resisted calls to join forces and run as the [[New Party (Taiwan)|New Party]] ticket, choosing instead to run separately as independents. After considering [[Chang Feng-hsu]] as a running mate, Lin eventually chose former premier [[Hau Pei-tsun]], believing that Hau's background might attract more [[waishengren|mainlanders]]' votes for him.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lin Yang-kang y Hau Pei-tsun se presentarán como candidatos a la presidencia|url=http://taiwantoday.tw/noticias/fp.asp?xItem=61092&CtNode=2074&mp=121|accessdate=28 March 2016|work=Taiwan Today|date=1995|language=Spanish}}</ref> However, Lin's pro-China and pro-[[Chinese reunification|reunification]] views during the [[Third Taiwan Strait Crisis]] caused many [[Taishang]] to vote against him,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Schubert|first1=Gunter|title=Taiwan and The 'China Impact'|date=2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317369158|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jKU0CwAAQBAJ&q=Lin+Yang-kang+pro+unification&pg=PT149}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Yang|first1=Fenggang|title=Chinese Christians in America|date=2010|publisher=Penn State Press|isbn=9780271042527|page=42|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jw1TV4VvY8IC&q=Lin+Yang-kang+pro+unification&pg=PA42}}</ref> and the Lin–Hau ticket finished third with 14.9% of the vote.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Clarke|first1=Adam W.|title=Taiwan-China: A Most Ticklish Standoff|date=2001|publisher=Nova Publishers|isbn=9781590330074|page=101|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4TfxT2zjqbgC&q=Lin+Yang-kang+pro+unification&pg=PA101}}</ref> Chen ran with [[Wang Ching-feng]]. Both Chen and Lin were later expelled from the Kuomintang. He retired from political affairs and secluded himself in [[Taichung]] after this defeat. Lin resumed membership in the KMT in 2005.<ref name="cpcna"/> {| class=wikitable style="text-align:left; margin:1em auto;" |- ! colspan=5|[[1996 Republic of China presidential election|1996 Republic of China Presidential Election]] Result |- ! President Candidate ! Vice President Candidate ! Party ! Votes ! % |- | '''[[Lee Teng-hui]]''' | '''[[Lien Chan]]''' | [[Image:Emblem of the Kuomintang.svg|25px]] [[Kuomintang]] |align=right|'''5,813,699''' |align=right|'''54.0''' |- | [[Peng Ming-min]] | [[Frank Hsieh]] | [[Democratic Progressive Party]] |align=right|2,274,586 |align=right|21.1 |- | Lin Yang-kang | [[Hau Pei-tsun]] | [[Independent politician|Independent]] |align=right|1,603,790 |align=right|14.9 |- | [[Chen Li-an]] | [[Wang Ching-feng]] | [[Independent politician|Independent]] |align=right|1,074,044 |align=right|9.9 |- |colspan=3|Invalid/blank votes||align=right|117,160|| |- |colspan=3|'''Total'''||align=right|'''10,883,279'''||align=right|'''100''' |} == References == {{Reflist}} {{ROCVPMs}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lin, Yang-kang}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2013 deaths]] [[Category:Mayors of Taipei]] [[Category:Kuomintang politicians in Taiwan]] [[Category:National Taiwan University alumni]] [[Category:Magistrates of Nantou County]] [[Category:Vice premiers of the Republic of China on Taiwan]] [[Category:Ministers of the interior of Taiwan]] [[Category:Taiwanese presidents of the Judicial Yuan]] [[Category:Taiwanese people of Hoklo descent]] [[Category:Senior advisors to President Lee Teng-hui]] [[Category:Chairpersons of the Taiwan Provincial Government]] [[Category:Independent presidential candidates of Taiwan]] [[Category:Expelled members of the Kuomintang]]
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