Yu Tian | |
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余天 | |
Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
Assumed office 21 March 2019 | |
Preceded by | Gao Jyh-peng |
Succeeded by | Lee Kuen-chen |
Constituency | New Taipei 3 |
In office 1 February 2008 – 31 January 2012 | |
Preceded by | Chu Chun-hsiao |
Succeeded by | Gao Jyh-peng |
Constituency | New Taipei 3 |
Personal details | |
Born | Hsinchu, Taiwan | 18 February 1947
Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
Spouse | Lee Ya-ping |
Children | 3 (1 deceased) |
Alma mater | Chien-Hwa Junior High School |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Singer |
Yu Tian ( Chinese: 余天; pinyin: Yú Tiān; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Û Thian; born 18 February 1947), born Yu Tsing-yuan ( Chinese: 余清源; pinyin: Yú Qīngyuán; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Û Chheng-goân), is a Taiwanese politician and pop singer in Mandarin and Hokkien. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party, Yu currently serves as a member of the Legislative Yuan and previously held the same seat from 2008 to 2012.
Born in Hsinchu, Yu Tian graduated from Hsinchu Chien Hua Junior High School . [1] [2]
Yu is best known for his 1977 release "Under the Banyan Tree", a Mandarin cover version of the Japanese song Kitaguni no haru , and remained popular throughout the 1980s. [3] [4] In 2003, Yu founded the Taiwan Cultural Entertainment Development Association. [5] Four years later, he launched a Kaohsiung-based entertainment labor union. [6] Yu worked with Chthonic on the 2011 album Takasago Army and formally announced a return to the entertainment industry upon losing the 2012 legislative elections. [7] [8]
Within the Democratic Progressive Party, Yu Tian is allied with Yu Shyi-kun. [9] He is also known for his support of former president Chen Shui-bian. [10] [11] Yu ran for New Taipei 3 in 2008, and defeated Kuomintang incumbent Chu Chun-hsiao by approximately 2,000 votes. [12] Chu filed an unsuccessful lawsuit in an attempt to annul the election results. [13] A separate case was brought against Yu supporter Wang Ying-lan, who was charged with making threats to the opposition. [14] Wang was later released on bail. [15] In November 2008, Yu and other DPP politicians publicly protested Ma Ying-jeou's meeting with Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait Chairman Chen Yunlin. [16] The next year, Yu's DPP membership was suspended because he had failed to fulfill a fundraising quota. [17] In 2010, Yu was named to Tsai Ing-wen's New Taipei mayoral campaign team. [18]
Though there was speculation that Yu would not receive DPP backing in a reelection bid, [19] [20] Yu was listed fourteenth on the Democratic Progressive Party's proportional representation party list, and expected to win. [21] [22] During the campaign, Kuomintang politicians accused Yu and others of gambling, and in response, Yu charged them with defamation. [23]
The Taiwan Competitiveness Forum regarded Yu Tian as a controversial figure prior to the start of his first legislative term. [24] During his first term, Yu was ranked highly by the Citizen Congress Watch. [25] [26]
In 2018, Yu was the only candidate to run in elections for the DPP chapter leadership in New Taipei. [27] After Gao Jyh-peng was removed from office, [28] [29] Yu Tian was named the DPP candidate for by-elections held in March 2019. Yu won 56,888 votes, and defeated Kuomintang candidate Cheng Shih-wei as well as independent Su Ching-yen. [30] [31] Yu took office on 21 March 2019. [32] [33] Yu was reelected to a full term in 2020. [2]
Yu is married to fellow entertainer Lee Ya-ping . [34] Yu and Lee have two daughters, Yu Shiao-ping and Yu Yuan-chi , [3] [35] and one son, Ken Yu . [36] His family was the target of extortion by the Bamboo Union in 2005. [37]
Yu Tian's adopted younger brother was sentenced to death by Chinese authorities for attempting to smuggle heroin into the country in March 2005. [38] [39] [40]
Yu Tian's second daughter, Yu Yuan-chi, died with a late stage of rectal cancer at Taipei Veterans General Hospital on August 21, 2022, aged 39. [41] [42]
Yu Tian | |
---|---|
余天 | |
Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
Assumed office 21 March 2019 | |
Preceded by | Gao Jyh-peng |
Succeeded by | Lee Kuen-chen |
Constituency | New Taipei 3 |
In office 1 February 2008 – 31 January 2012 | |
Preceded by | Chu Chun-hsiao |
Succeeded by | Gao Jyh-peng |
Constituency | New Taipei 3 |
Personal details | |
Born | Hsinchu, Taiwan | 18 February 1947
Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
Spouse | Lee Ya-ping |
Children | 3 (1 deceased) |
Alma mater | Chien-Hwa Junior High School |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Singer |
Yu Tian ( Chinese: 余天; pinyin: Yú Tiān; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Û Thian; born 18 February 1947), born Yu Tsing-yuan ( Chinese: 余清源; pinyin: Yú Qīngyuán; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Û Chheng-goân), is a Taiwanese politician and pop singer in Mandarin and Hokkien. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party, Yu currently serves as a member of the Legislative Yuan and previously held the same seat from 2008 to 2012.
Born in Hsinchu, Yu Tian graduated from Hsinchu Chien Hua Junior High School . [1] [2]
Yu is best known for his 1977 release "Under the Banyan Tree", a Mandarin cover version of the Japanese song Kitaguni no haru , and remained popular throughout the 1980s. [3] [4] In 2003, Yu founded the Taiwan Cultural Entertainment Development Association. [5] Four years later, he launched a Kaohsiung-based entertainment labor union. [6] Yu worked with Chthonic on the 2011 album Takasago Army and formally announced a return to the entertainment industry upon losing the 2012 legislative elections. [7] [8]
Within the Democratic Progressive Party, Yu Tian is allied with Yu Shyi-kun. [9] He is also known for his support of former president Chen Shui-bian. [10] [11] Yu ran for New Taipei 3 in 2008, and defeated Kuomintang incumbent Chu Chun-hsiao by approximately 2,000 votes. [12] Chu filed an unsuccessful lawsuit in an attempt to annul the election results. [13] A separate case was brought against Yu supporter Wang Ying-lan, who was charged with making threats to the opposition. [14] Wang was later released on bail. [15] In November 2008, Yu and other DPP politicians publicly protested Ma Ying-jeou's meeting with Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait Chairman Chen Yunlin. [16] The next year, Yu's DPP membership was suspended because he had failed to fulfill a fundraising quota. [17] In 2010, Yu was named to Tsai Ing-wen's New Taipei mayoral campaign team. [18]
Though there was speculation that Yu would not receive DPP backing in a reelection bid, [19] [20] Yu was listed fourteenth on the Democratic Progressive Party's proportional representation party list, and expected to win. [21] [22] During the campaign, Kuomintang politicians accused Yu and others of gambling, and in response, Yu charged them with defamation. [23]
The Taiwan Competitiveness Forum regarded Yu Tian as a controversial figure prior to the start of his first legislative term. [24] During his first term, Yu was ranked highly by the Citizen Congress Watch. [25] [26]
In 2018, Yu was the only candidate to run in elections for the DPP chapter leadership in New Taipei. [27] After Gao Jyh-peng was removed from office, [28] [29] Yu Tian was named the DPP candidate for by-elections held in March 2019. Yu won 56,888 votes, and defeated Kuomintang candidate Cheng Shih-wei as well as independent Su Ching-yen. [30] [31] Yu took office on 21 March 2019. [32] [33] Yu was reelected to a full term in 2020. [2]
Yu is married to fellow entertainer Lee Ya-ping . [34] Yu and Lee have two daughters, Yu Shiao-ping and Yu Yuan-chi , [3] [35] and one son, Ken Yu . [36] His family was the target of extortion by the Bamboo Union in 2005. [37]
Yu Tian's adopted younger brother was sentenced to death by Chinese authorities for attempting to smuggle heroin into the country in March 2005. [38] [39] [40]
Yu Tian's second daughter, Yu Yuan-chi, died with a late stage of rectal cancer at Taipei Veterans General Hospital on August 21, 2022, aged 39. [41] [42]