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{{Short description|Taiwanese politician (1901–1994)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Yu Chun-hsien
| office              = 5th President of the [[Control Yuan]]
| termstart           = 19 March 1973
| termend             = 11 March 1987
| president           = [[Chiang Kai-shek]]<br />[[Yen Chia-kan]]<br />[[Chiang Ching-kuo]]
| predecessor         = [[Lee Shih-tsung]]<br />[[Chang Wei-han]] (Acting)
| successor           = [[Huang Tsun-chiu]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1901|12|31|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = [[Pingyuan County, Guangdong|Pingyuan County]], [[:zh:嘉應直隸州|Jiaying]], [[Guangdong]], [[Qing dynasty]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1994|1|21|1901|12|31|df=yes}}
| death_place         = [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]]
| native_name         = {{nobold|余俊賢}}
| native_name_lang    = zh-tw
| nationality         = Republic of China
| party               = [[Kuomintang]]
| image               = Yu Chun-hsien.png
}}
'''Yu Chun-hsien''' ({{Lang-zh|t=余俊賢|p=Yú Jùnxián}}; 31 December 1901 – 21 January 1994) was a Taiwanese politician. He served as the [[List of presidents of the Control Yuan|President of the Control Yuan]] from 1973 to 1987.
== Biography ==
During his studies at Sun Yat-sen University (then known as [[National Kwangtung University]]),<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-22 |title=監察院全球資訊網首頁 |url=http://www.cy.gov.tw/IntraGen_detail.aspx?n=52&file_id=114 |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=監察院全球資訊網 |language=zh-tw}}</ref> Yu often listened to [[Sun Yat-sen]]'s speeches on the [[Three Principles of the People]]. Yu was deeply influenced by Sun Yat-sen's thought and he joined the [[Kuomintang]] in 1925.<ref>{{Cite web |title=蔣介石遺囑的見證人之一——余俊賢先生 |url=https://inf.news/zh-hant/history/f0af145e9f543357ecb11be0cd2c93ec.html |website=www.inf.news}}</ref>
In 1926 Yu became the Secretary of the {{ill|Organization Department of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang|zh|中國國民黨中央執行委員會組織部}} and later participated in overseas party affairs, specifically the [[Dutch East Indies]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=余俊賢與僑委會、監察院 -台湾大陆同乡会文献数据库 |url=https://www.tongxianghuicn.com/article/1055452.jhtml?libId= |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=www.tongxianghuicn.com}}</ref> He served as the editor-in-chief of the Indonesian "''Republic of China Daily''" ({{Lang|zh-tw|民國日報}}). Yu was arrested and imprisoned for 8 months for criticizing the Japanese government for obstructing the [[Northern Expedition]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2020-07-16 |title=余俊賢:人物簡介,人物生平,_中文百科全書 |url=https://www.newton.com.tw/wiki/%E4%BD%99%E4%BF%8A%E8%B3%A2 |access-date=2022-03-03 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716190630/https://www.newton.com.tw/wiki/%E4%BD%99%E4%BF%8A%E8%B3%A2 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He returned to [[Nanjing]] soon after.
In 1949, Yu retreated to Taiwan following the Nationalist defeat in the [[Chinese Civil War]]. In 1973, he was elected as the President of the Control Yuan.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1973-03-16 |title=Yu Chun-hsien and Chou Bai-lan are elected as President and Vice-President of the Control Yuan |journal=[[Kung Sheung Daily News]] |pages=2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=余俊賢:余俊賢（1901—1994），廣東平遠縣人。中山大學畢業，初任國 -百科知識中文網 |url=https://www.easyatm.com.tw/wiki/%E4%BD%99%E4%BF%8A%E8%B3%A2 |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=www.easyatm.com.tw}}</ref> He served as president until 1987, when he resigned due to old age.  After leaving office, he served as a senior adviser to the [[Presidential Office Building (Republic of China)|Presidential Office Building]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal |date=1987-03-28 |title=Yu Chun-hsien appointed as senior advisor to the President |journal=[[Wah Kiu Yat Po]] |pages=3}}</ref>
Yu died of illness in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-16 |title=文化部國家文化資料庫 |url=http://nrch.culture.tw/view.aspx?keyword=%E7%97%85%E9%80%9D&advanced=$3@+1994&s=2400796&id=0000744100&proj=MOC_IMD_001 |access-date=2022-03-03 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716102628/http://nrch.culture.tw/view.aspx?keyword=%E7%97%85%E9%80%9D&advanced=$3@+1994&s=2400796&id=0000744100&proj=MOC_IMD_001 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> President [[Lee Teng-hui]] issued a statement acklowedging Yu's death.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-16 |title=總統上午應邀蒞臨致詞中華民國八十二年世界自由日暨世、亞盟運動四十年大會 |url=https://www.president.gov.tw/NEWS/3373 |access-date=2022-03-03 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716110334/https://www.president.gov.tw/NEWS/3373 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:1901 births]]
[[Category:Republic of China politicians from Guangdong]]
[[Category:Kuomintang politicians in Taiwan]]
[[Category:20th-century Taiwanese politicians]]
[[Category:Sun Yat-sen University alumni]]
[[Category:Taiwanese Presidents of the Control Yuan]]
[[Category:1994 deaths]]
[[Category:Senior advisors to President Lee Teng-hui]]