Lin Pei-hsiang (; born 14 May 1977), also known by his English name Jonathan Lin, is a Taiwanese politician. He served on the

Keelung City Council The Keelung City Council or Keelung Municipal Council (KMC; ) is the elected city council of Keelung City, Republic of China. The council composes of 32 councilors lastly elected through the 2022 Republic of China local election on 26 November ...

from 2018 to 2024, when he was elected to the

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Early life and education

Jonathan Lin was born to politicians and , and attended in

Keelung Keelung ( ; zh, p=Jīlóng, c=基隆, poj=Ke-lâng), Chilung or Jilong ( ; ), officially known as Keelung City, is a major port city in northeastern Taiwan. The city is part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area with neighboring New Ta ...

. Lin completed graduate and doctoral studies in the United States. He earned a

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(M.B.A.) from

Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a private Jesuit and Marymount research university in Los Angeles, California. LMU enrolls over 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, making it the largest Catholic university on the west coast of the ...

, a

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(M.P.A.) from the

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, and his

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(D.P.A.) from the

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, in 2009. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Revitalizing Keelung Harbor: A study to improve competitiveness of an international port," and was completed under professor Susan Lomeli. After obtaining his doctorate, he conducted postdoctoral research at

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Political career

In 2013, Lin considered running for mayor in Keelung, and backed a bid by the

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for a ''

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'' display. After

George Hsieh Hsieh Kuo-liang ( zh, t=謝國樑, p=Xiè Guóliáng, w=Hsieh4 Kuo2-liang2; born 5 October 1975), also known by his English name George Hsieh, is a Taiwanese politician and media proprietor. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2 ...

rejected the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...

nomination for the Keelung mayoralty in 2014, Lin supported eventual nominee Hsieh Li-kung. Lin contested a Kuomintang party primary against

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prior to the

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, necessitated after George Hsieh additionally declined to run for reelection to the

. Lin was elected to the

in 2018, with the largest vote share in his district, and contested the body's deputy speakership election, winning the office due to a Kuomintang majority in the council. He won reelection in 2022, again leading his district in vote share. In July 2023, Lin accepted the Kuomintang's nomination in the

's Keelung City Constituency, and faced

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candidate Cheng Wen-ting in the January

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. Lin replaced in office. In his first year as a legislator, Lin has commented on climate change policies, criticized the

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for its 2024 ruling on the

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, urged reform of Taiwan's ship insurance system, proposed amendments to the All-out Defense Mobilization Readiness Act and the Public Officials Election and Recall Act, and supported a legislative motion stating the Republic of China's opposition to the

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. In May 2025, Lin controversially said in an online political talk show that he believes the civic groups leading the 2025 Taiwanese mass electoral recall campaigns were "a collection of socially marginalized individuals."

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lin, Jonathan 1977 births Living people Members of the 11th Legislative Yuan Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Keelung Members of the Legislative Yuan University of Southern California alumni University of La Verne alumni Loyola Marymount University alumni