Yu Cheng-hsien


Yu Cheng-hsien is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Ministry of the [Interior (Republic of China)|Minister of the Interior] from 2002 to 2004.

Education

Yu graduated from Feng Chia University with a bachelor's degree in international economics in 1984 and earned a Master of Business Administration from I-Shou University. He then earned two doctorates: a Doctor of Business Administration from Chang Jung Christian University and a Ph.D. in education from National Kaohsiung Normal University.

Political careers

2008 legislative election

  • All registered: 242,349
  • Voters : 156,440
  • Valid : 153,166
  • Rejected : 3,274
OrderCandidatePartyVotesPercentageElected
1Liu Zheng-wei Taiwan Farmers' Party3,2502.12%
2Yu Cheng-hsienDemocratic Progressive Party65,25742.61%
3Lin Yi-shih Kuomintang84,65955.27%

Ministry of Interior

Yu submitted his resignation on 19 March 2004 from his ministerial position to take the responsibility over the 3-19 shooting incident on Chen Shui-bian in Tainan City but was asked by Premier Yu Shyi-kun to stay. He resubmitted his resignation again on 4 April 2004 after the demonstration made by Pan-Blue Coalition over the result of the 2004 presidential election had come under control.

Personal life

Yu has a daughter, Yu Chia-chen, an electrical engineer who graduated from the California Institute of Technology and earned her doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.