On April 8, 1987, the Standing Committee of the Kuomintang Central Committee approved President Chiang Ching-kuo's nomination of Vice Premier Lin Yang-Kang for the office of President of the Judicial Yuan.
四月八日，執政黨中央常務委員會通過他調升司法院長的提案。四月十六日，監察院同意蔣經國總統的提名案，林洋港正式被任命新職。