Yu Yu-hsien | |
Native Name: | 余玉賢 |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Term Start1: | July 1988 |
Term End1: | November 1992 |
Birth Date: | 16 October 1934 |
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Yu Yu-hsien (; 1934–1993) was a Taiwanese politician.
Born in 1934 in Taiwan Province, Yu earned a doctorate in agricultural economics from Purdue University.[1] He was appointed to lead the Taiwan Provincial Government Department of Agriculture and Forestry in December 1981.[2] In this position, Yu developed an advertising campaign to increase the rate of consumption of fruits grown in Taiwan, and decrease waste resulting from overproduction.[3] He accomplished the same for excess rice, by reallocating land to be used for growing other grains.[4] Yu was named agriculture minister in July 1988, and retained his office when Hau Pei-tsun assumed the premiership in 1990.[5] Paul Sun replaced Yu in November 1992.