Yu Chen Yueh-ying

Yu Chen Yueh-ying
余陳月瑛
Magistrate of Kaohsiung County
In office
20 December 1985  20 December 1993
Preceded byTsai Ming-yao
Succeeded byYu Cheng-hsien
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1984  20 December 1985
Preceded byHuang Yu Hsiu-luan
ConstituencyKaohsiung
Personal details
Born(1926-09-02)2 September 1926
Takao Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan (today Yancheng District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
Died26 May 2014(2014-05-26) (aged 87)
Niaosong, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
NationalityEmpire of Japan (1926–1945)
Republic of China (1945–2014)
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
ChildrenYu Lin-ya, Yu Jane-daw, Yu Cheng-hsien

Yu Chen Yueh-ying (Chinese: 余陳月瑛; pinyin: Yú Chén Yuèyīng; 2 September 1926 – 26 May 2014) was a Taiwanese politician, judge and matriarch of the Yu family, a political family that dominated politics in the former Kaohsiung County for more than thirty years. (Kaohsiung County was merged with Kaohsiung City on December 25, 2010, to form a special municipality, Kaohsiung). Among her six children is Yu Cheng-hsien, who served as the Interior Minister from 2002 to 2004.