You Si-kun
You Si-kun Member of the Taiwan Provincial Assembly | |
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In office 20 December 1981 – 20 December 1989 | |
Constituency | Yilan County |
Personal details | |
Born | Chinese Youth Party (1966–1975)[1] | 25 April 1948
Spouse | Yang Pao-yu |
Alma mater | National Chung Hsing University Tunghai University |
You Si-kun | |
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Tâi-lô | Iû Sik-khun |
You Si-kun (
Personal background
Born in Taihe Village (太和村),
At 19, he enrolled in supplementary night school at Lotung Commercial and Vocational High School. He moved to
Rise in politics
In 1981, he was elected a member of the
From 1983 to 1984 he was the
He was the chief spokesman for the DPP campaign in the
In July 2000, four construction workers were trapped by the rising floodwaters of Pachang Creek. As local and central government authorities squabbled for three hours over who would send out a rescue helicopter, the men drowned. In the public outrage that ensued, officials up the chain of command, including Premier Tang, tendered their resignations. Vice Premier You, who was also chairman of the Committee of Disaster Relief and Prevention, had his resignation accepted.[11]
Six months later, You rejoined the administration as Secretary-General to the Office of the President and served until his promotion to the premiership on 1 February 2002.[12]
Premiership
As premier, You defended the administration's position on the
You and his cabinet resigned en masse following the pan-Green Coalition failure to gain a majority in the
On 15 January 2006 he was elected chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party with 54% of the vote.[15]
You was a candidate for the DPP nomination for the
Corruption charges and acquittal
On 21 September 2007, You, along with Vice President Annette Lu and National Security Office secretary-general Mark Chen, were separately indicted on charges of corruption by the Supreme Prosecutor's Office of Taiwan.[17] You was accused of embezzlement and special fund abuse of about US$70,000. He resigned his post as chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party later that day.[17] On 2 July 2012, all three were acquitted of all charges.[18]
2014 New Taipei City mayoralty election
On 29 November 2014, You lost the
2014 New Taipei City Mayoral Election Result[20]
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No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | ||
1 | You Si-kun | DPP | 934,774 | 48.78% | ||
2 | Li Chin-shun (李進順) | Independent | 22,207 | 1.16% | ||
3 | Eric Chu | KMT | 959,302 | 50.06% |
Later political career
You was elected to the
You reelected to the Legislative Yuan in 2024, again via party list proportional representation, and ran for a second speakership term. He lost the office to Han Kuo-yu and subsequently resigned from the 11th Legislative Yuan.[25]
Personal life
You is the founder of Kavalan Journal (噶瑪蘭雜誌), which is named after the
He married Yang Pao-yu in 1978, with whom he has two sons. His mother, Huang Shou-chu, died in December 2002.[27]
Notes
- ^ Acting by Chai Trong-rong from 14 March 2007 to 8 May 2007
- ^ Taiwan
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