# Yu Lin-ya

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{{Short description|Taiwanese politician}}
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| name          = Yu Lin-ya
| native_name   = {{nobold|余玲雅}}
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| office1       = Member of the [Legislative Yuan](/source/Legislative_Yuan)
| constituency1 = Kaohsiung County
| term_start1   = 1 February 1996
| term_end1     = 31 January 1999
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| constituency2 = Republic of China
| term_start2   = 1 February 1993
| term_end2     = 31 January 1996
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| party         = [Democratic Progressive Party](/source/Democratic_Progressive_Party)
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| parents       = [Yu Chen Yueh-ying](/source/Yu_Chen_Yueh-ying) (mother)
| relations     = [Yu Cheng-hsien](/source/Yu_Cheng-hsien), [Yu Jane-daw](/source/Yu_Jane-daw) (brothers)
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| education     = [National Chengchi University](/source/National_Chengchi_University) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))<br/>[National Sun Yat-sen University](/source/National_Sun_Yat-sen_University) ([MPA](/source/Master_of_Public_Administration), [MA](/source/Master_of_Arts), [PhD](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy)) 
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'''Yu Lin-ya''' ({{lang-zh|t=余玲雅|p=Yú Língyǎ}}; born 29 June 1950) is a Taiwanese politician who served in the [Legislative Yuan](/source/Legislative_Yuan) from 1993 to 1999.

== Life and career ==
Yu was born in 1950 to the Yu family of Kaohsiung.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Low|first1=Stephanie|title=For many of the nation's leaders, politics is a family affair|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2002/10/14/175637/1|access-date=7 July 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=14 October 2002}}</ref> Her grandfather, mother, and brothers were also politicians.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lin|first1=Mei-chun|title=Democratic trailblazer's influence lives on|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2002/02/22/0000124912|access-date=7 July 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=22 February 2002}}</ref>

After high school, Yu graduated from [National Chengchi University](/source/National_Chengchi_University) with a bachelor's degree in history. She then earned an [M.P.A.](/source/Master_of_Public_Administration), a master's degree in management, and a [Ph.D.](/source/Ph.D.) from [National Sun Yat-sen University](/source/National_Sun_Yat-sen_University).<ref>{{cite news|title=Hsu Lin-ya (3)|url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=10974|access-date=7 July 2017|agency=Legislative Yuan}}</ref> She later became president of the [Private Kao Yuan Junior College of Technology](/source/Kao_Yuan_University).

Yu began her political career as a member of the [Taiwan Provincial Assembly](/source/Taiwan_Provincial_Assembly).<ref>{{cite journal|title=The opposition makes major gains|journal=Taiwan Communiqué|date=January 1990|issue=43|page=5|url=http://www.taiwandc.org/twcom/tc43-int.pdf|access-date=6 April 2018|issn=1027-3999}}</ref> Elected to the [Legislative Yuan](/source/Legislative_Yuan) in 1992 and 1995, Yu later served as vice chair of the [Research, Development and Evaluation Commission](/source/Research%2C_Development_and_Evaluation_Commission) and speaker of the [Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council](/source/Taiwan_Provincial_Consultative_Council).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lin|first1=Mei-chun|title=A lesson in connections and profit|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2001/04/17/0000082016/3|access-date=7 July 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=17 April 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=FEATURE: Provincial officials recall drama of democratization|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/12/03/2003390914|access-date=7 July 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=3 December 2007}}</ref>

In 2017, the Ciaotou District Court in Kaohsiung ruled that Yu was guilty on charges of breach of trust, as she had used funds from Kao Yuan to pay her personal assistant from 1988 to 2006. The Kaohsiung branch of the Taiwan High Court upheld the guilty verdict in 2018, reducing her sentence from two years to nine months imprisonment.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pan |first1=Jason |title=High Court upholds ex-legislator's conviction |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2018/07/14/2003696661 |access-date=14 July 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=14 July 2018}}</ref>

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