Yang Chin-hu

Taiwanese politician

楊金虎

Mayor of Kaohsiung CityIn office
2 June 1968 – 1 February 1973Preceded byChen Chi-chuanSucceeded byWang Yu-yun Personal detailsBorn(1898-08-26)26 August 1898
Tainan, Taiwan, Empire of JapanDied12 July 1990(1990-07-12) (aged 91)
TaiwanNationalityRepublic of ChinaPolitical partyChina Democratic Socialist PartySpouse(s)Chen Tsai-feng
Chung Yu-yeh

Yang Chin-hu (traditional Chinese: 楊金虎; simplified Chinese: 杨金虎; pinyin: Yáng Jīnhǔ; 26 August 1898 – 12 July 1990) was a Taiwanese politician. He was the Mayor of Kaohsiung City from 1968–1973.

Political career

In 1947, Yang became a member of the National Assembly. He then later joined the China Democratic Socialist Party in 1948. In 1954, he ran for the Kaohsiung Mayoralty election and failed for four consecutive terms. However, he eventually won in 1968.^[1]

Personal life

On 12 June 1971, the 72-year-old Yang was engaged to the 47-year-old Chen Tsai-feng, his housekeeper. Initially, Yang's two adult daughters opposed the marriage. Eventually, his daughters and their husbands finally gave up and attended the engagement ceremony of their father.^[2] His great-granddaughter is Natalie Lin, a comedian in New York City. On 5 February 1984, the 86-year-old Yang married to the 61-year-old Chung Yu-yeh in a traditional church ceremony.^[3]

References

^ Jacobs, J. Bruce (20 January 2012). Democratizing Taiwan. BRILL. ISBN 9789004225909. Retrieved 9 December 2016 – via Google Books.
^ "Mayor, 72, to wed housekeeper". Taiwan Info. 20 June 1971. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
^ "Wedding Bells Are Ringing". Taiwan Today. 12 February 1984. Retrieved 9 December 2016.