Lin Yu-chang (; born 10 March 1971) is a Taiwanese politician who served as the Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party from June 2024 until his resignation in July 2025. Previously, he served as the Minister of the Interior from January 2023 to May 2024, Mayor of Keelung City from December 2014 to December 2022, and he also shortly served as the acting Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party from November 2018 to January 2019.
Education Lin graduated from Chinese Culture University with a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture. He then earned a master's degree in architecture and urban planning from National Taiwan University in 1996. His master's thesis was titled, "Urban development under economic globalization: The case of Singapore" (Chinese: 經濟全球化下的城市發展：新加坡案例分析).
Mayor of Keelung City
2014 Keelung mayoral election Lin was elected as the Mayor of Keelung City after winning the 2014 Keelung City mayoral election held on 29 November 2014.
2014 Keelung City Mayoralty Election ResultNo. Candidate Party Votes Percentage 1Hsieh Li-kung (謝立功)KMT52,19827.47%2Huang Ching-tai (黃景泰)Independent30,91416.27%3Lin Yu-changDPP101,01053.15%4Ho Yen-tang (何燕堂)People's Democratic Front1,3760.72%5Wu Woo-min (吳武明)Independent2,0231.06%6Jiang Jian-yu (江鑒育)Independent2,5171.32%
2018 Keelung mayoral election 2018 Democratic Progressive Party Keelung City mayoral primary results Candidates Place Result Lin Yu-chang Walkover
2018 Keelung City mayoral results No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage 1 Hsieh Li-kung (謝立功) Kuomintang86,52945.86% 2 Lin Yu-changDemocratic Progressive Party102,16754.14% Total voters 309,428 Valid votes 188,696 Invalid votes Voter turnout 60.98%
See also Mayor of Keelung
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