21 Facts About You Si-kun

You Si-kun, romanized Yu Shyi-kun, is a Taiwanese politician serving as a member and the president of the Legislative Yuan.

You Si-kun was one of the founding members of the Democratic Progressive Party, and is known to be a strong advocate of Taiwan independence.

You Si-kun led the DPP as chairman from 2006 to 2007 and served as Premier from 2002 to 2005.

You Si-kun moved to Taipei to enroll in the supplementary Hsihu Commercial and Industrial High School.

You Si-kun studied international commerce at the Chihlee Institute of Technology and public administration at the National Chung Hsing University.

You Si-kun graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in politics in Tunghai University in 1985 at the age of 37.

You Si-kun became Convener of Tangwai National Election Backing Committee in 1986.

You Si-kun resigned in 1999 to become Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party.

You Si-kun was the chief spokesman for the DPP campaign in the 2000 presidential election.

Vice Premier You Si-kun, who was chairman of the Committee of Disaster Relief and Prevention, had his resignation accepted.

Six months later, You Si-kun rejoined the administration as Secretary-General to the Office of the President and served until his promotion to the premiership on 1 February 2002.

You Si-kun caused some minor controversy when he used the designation "Taiwan, ROC" on an official visit to Honduras.

You Si-kun was a candidate for the DPP nomination for the 2008 presidential election, competing against Frank Hsieh, Su Tseng-chang, and Annette Lu.

You Si-kun finished third in the first round of the primary and subsequently withdrew along with the other trailing candidates, paving the way for the leading candidate Hsieh to win the nomination without a need for a second round which would have been based on opinion polling.

You Si-kun was accused of embezzlement and special fund abuse of about US$70,000.

You Si-kun resigned his post as chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party later that day.

On 29 November 2014, You Si-kun lost the New Taipei City mayoralty election to his opponent Eric Chu of the Kuomintang.

You Si-kun was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2020, securing an at-large seat on behalf of the Democratic Progressive Party.

You Si-kun was elected President of the Legislative Yuan on February 1,2020, defeating Kuomintang lawmaker Lai Shyh-bao and succeeding Su Jia-chyuan.

You Si-kun is the founder of Kavalan Journal, which is named after the Kavalan Taiwanese aborigines.

You Si-kun married Yang Pao-yu in 1978, with whom he has two sons.