Lin Hung-chih (; born 22 August 1955) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education

Lin earned a bachelor's degree in transportation and communications management from National Cheng Kung University, before obtaining his master's in political science at

National Chengchi University National Chengchi University () is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. First established in Nanjing in 1927, the university was subsequently reestablished in 1954 in Taiwan as the first reestablished "National University". The u ...

Political career

Lin launched a bid for a seat on the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...

in 1991 and served until 2000. While a member of the assembly, he was elected mayor of Banqiao and reelected in 2001. Lin stepped down in 2005 at the end of that second term to run for the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan () is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for four-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a ...

. He was twice reelected to the Legislative Yuan, in 2008 and 2012, but refused to stand in the 2016 election, because his party, 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 ...

, had suffered heavy losses in the November 2014 local elections.

References

1955 births Living people New Taipei Members of the Legislative Yuan Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Mayors of places in Taiwan Members of the 6th Legislative Yuan Members of the 7th Legislative Yuan Members of the 8th Legislative Yuan National Cheng Kung University alumni National Chengchi University alumni {{Taiwan-mayor-stub