Lin Yungai

Lin Yungai (simplified Chinese: 林云陔; traditional Chinese: 林雲陔; 2 February 1881 – 4 October 1948) was a Chinese politician also known as Gongjing (公競) or by the courtesy name Yigong (毅公).

Lin Yungai
林雲陔
Auditor-General [zh] of the Republic of China
In office August 1936 – 4 October 1948
Preceded by	Chen Zhisuo
Succeeded by	Zhang Chengyou [zh]
Minister of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission
In office 29 July 1936 – 8 August 1936
Preceded by	Huang Musong [fr]
Succeeded by	Wu Zhongxin
Vice Chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Government
In office May 1931 – July 1936
Chairman	Chen Jitang Lin Yizhong [zh]
Preceded by	Chen Mingshu
Succeeded by	Huang Musong
Mayor of Guangzhou
In office May 1928 – June 1931
Preceded by	Gan Naiguang as Chairman of the Guangzhou City Council
Succeeded by	Cheng Tiangu
In office 8 February 1923 – 26 February 1923
Preceded by	Jin Zhang
Succeeded by	Sun Fo
Chairman of the Guangzhou City Council
In office May 1927 – November 1927
Preceded by	Sun Fo
Succeeded by	Gan Naiguang
Personal details
Born	(1881-02-02)2 February 1881 Xinyi, Guangdong, China
Died	4 October 1948(1948-10-04) (aged 67)
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Kuomintang

Career

Lin received his early education at a school in Gaozhou. In 1909, he began attending a school in Guangzhou. He joined the Tongmenghui while still a student. In Guangzhou, Lin met Zhu Zhixin and participated in the Yellow Flower Mound Uprising of 1911. The next year, he graduated and took part in a Gaozhou based revolt.

Lin pursued further study in law and politics at St. John's University in New York City, returning to China in 1918. Throughout the 1920s, Lin held several government posts in Guangdong. He was first named Mayor of Guangzhou in 1923, and later served as Chairman of the Guangzhou City Council in 1927, before assuming the mayoralty for a second time between 1928 and 1931. Lin then served as Vice Chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Government under Chen Jitang and Lin Yizhong between 1931 and 1936. He succeeded Huang Musong as minister of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission later that year, but was shortly thereafter named auditor-general of the Republic of China. Lin held the post until his death on 4 October 1948.

References

• 徐友春主編 (2007). 民国人物大辞典 増訂版. 河北人民出版社. ISBN 978-7-202-03014-1.
• 劉寿林等編 (1995). 民国職官年表. 中華書局. ISBN 7-101-01320-1.