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Yu Shyi-kun

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Yu Shyi-kun is subject to counter-sanctions. Counter-sanctions are designations imposed by countries with weak democratic institutions. They are often punitive responses to foreign sanctions, or can be used to suppress domestic political opposition. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	You Si-kun · Yu Shyi-kun · Ю Сікунь · یو شیی-کون · 游錫堃 · 1 more...				[sources]
Other name	You Xikun · You Şikun · 游锡堃				[sources]
Weak alias	游錫坤 · 游锡坤 · 游锡堃 · 유석곤				[sources]
Birth date	1948-04-25				[sources]
Place of birth	Dongshan Township				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Taiwan				[sources]
Citizenship	Taiwan				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
Last name	You				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q707887				[sources]
Position	Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party (2006-2007) · Magistrate of Yilan County (1989-1997) · Member of the Legislative Yuan (2020-2024) · Premier of the Republic of China (2002-2005) · President of the Legislative Yuan (2020-2024) · 6 more...				[sources]
Education	Chihlee University of Technology · College of Law and Commerce, National Chung Hsing University · National Lotung Commercial Vocational High School · National Yilan Senior High School · Shude High School of Commerce and Home Economics · 1 more...				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-10-02	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

chairman of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy

— China Sanctions Research non-official source, 2024-05-22

Premier of Taiwan from 2002 to 2005

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-03-20

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
-	Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council		2021-11-05	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
President, Legislative Yuan	2020-02-01	2024-01-31

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,909

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Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,094

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

China Sanctions Research217

Individuals and organisations targeted by the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, Counter-Measures List and the Unreliable Entities List (UEL).

OpenSanctions · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions546,840

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,410

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-taiwan-you-si-kun-pres-legislative-yuan

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