Yu Cheng-hsien

Yu Cheng-hsien
余政憲
Official portrait, 2000
Minister of the Interior of the Republic of China
In office
1 February 2002 – 9 April 2004
Preceded byChang Po-ya
Succeeded bySu Chia-chyuan
Magistrate of Kaohsiung County
In office
20 December 1993 – 20 December 2001
Preceded byYu Chen Yueh-ying
Succeeded byYang Chiu-hsing
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1987 – 20 December 1993
ConstituencyKaohsiung
Personal details
Born (1959-05-08) 8 May 1959
Kaohsiung County, Taiwan
PartyDemocratic Progressive Party
SpouseCheng Kuei-lien
RelationsYu Chen Yueh-ying (mother)
EducationFeng Chia University (BA)
I-Shou University (MBA)
Chang Jung Christian University (DBA)
National Kaohsiung Normal University (PhD)

Yu Cheng-hsien (Chinese: 余政憲; pinyin: Yú Zhèngxiàn; born 8 May 1959) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of the Interior from 2002 to 2004.[1] Currently, he is the CEO of Senao International[2][3]

Education

Yu graduated from Feng Chia University with a bachelor's degree in international economics in 1984 and earned a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from I-Shou University. He then earned two doctorates: a Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.) 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 (turnout): 156,440 (64.55%)
  • Valid (percentage): 153,166 (97.91%)
  • Rejected (percentage): 3,274 (2.09%)
Order Candidate Party Votes Percentage Elected
1 Liu Zheng-wei      Taiwan Farmers' Party 3,250 2.12%
2 Yu Cheng-hsien Democratic Progressive Party 65,257 42.61%
3 Lin Yi-shih  Kuomintang 84,659 55.27%

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.[4]

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 (MIT).[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Dodgy massage has interior minister feeling the pinch". Taipei Times. 2003-09-26. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
  2. ↑ "前內政部長余政憲續任神腦董座！中華電信力挺 「後余政憲時代」開啟". Yahoo News (in Chinese). 2025-05-28. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
  3. ↑ "神腦董事會正式拍板 余政憲為新任董事長". 中央社 CNA (in Chinese). 2025-03-26. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
  4. ↑ "Pingtung County chief to take over Interior Ministry". The China Post. 2004-04-06. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  5. ↑ 自由時報電子報 (2023-06-05). "學霸女兒獲MIT博士學位 余政憲：感到歡喜、驕傲 - 臺中市 - 自由時報電子報". 自由時報電子報 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
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